Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 51315 U.S.C. 429 (less applicability to distribution of business among bureaus).R.S. 419 (less applicability to distribution of business among bureaus);
July 19, 1892, ch. 206, 27 Stat. 243 (6th par.);
June 30, 1914, ch. 130, 38 Stat. 408 (4th par.);
July 12, 1921, ch. 44, § 8 (1st 17 words of 1st par.), 42 Stat. 140;
June 20, 1940, ch. 400, § 1(a), (b), 54 Stat. 492;
May 13, 1942, ch. 303, § 1, 56 Stat. 276. The bureaus are listed alphabetically for convenience. This listing has no effect on the precedence of the bureaus.
Prior Provisions
A prior
section 8071, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 495, provided for appointment of a female Air Force officer in temporary grade of colonel, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(25), Nov. 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 382.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered
section 5131 of this title as this section. 1966—Pub. L. 89–718 struck out cls. (3) to (6) which related to the Bureau of Naval Weapons, the Bureau of Ships, the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, and the Bureau of Yards and Docks, respectively. 1959—Pub. L. 86–174 inserted reference to Bureau of Naval Weapons and struck out reference to Bureau of Aeronautics and Bureau of Ordnance.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see
section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding
section 3001 of this title.
Effective Date
of 1959 Amendment Pub. L. 86–174, § 2, Aug. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 395, provided that the amendment of this section and former
section 5133 of this title and the repeal of
section 5136 and
5144 of this title shall be effective on July 1, 1960, or on any earlier date on which the Secretary of the Navy makes a formal finding that all the functions of the Bureau of Aeronautics and the Bureau of Ordnance have been transferred to the Bureau of Naval Weapons or elsewhere. Bureau of Naval Weapons; Transfer of Funds Pub. L. 86–174, § 3, Aug. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 396, provided that: “The unexpended balances of appropriations and funds available for use in connection with the exercise of any function transferred to the Bureau of Naval Weapons shall be transferred in the manner provided by
section 407 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (5 U.S.C. 172f) [10 U.S.C. 126], for use in connection with the transferred functions.”