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Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 44— - NATIONAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 3077

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Summary

Certain named parts — the first sentence of section 202(a), this section, and sections 3001, 3002, and 3074–3076 — took effect on July 26, 1947. All other parts took effect on whichever came first: the day after the first appointed Secretary of Defense took office, or the sixtieth day after July 26, 1947.

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Title 50, §3077

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(a)The first sentence of section 202(a),11 See References in Text note below. this section, and section 3001, 3002, 3074, 3075, and 3076 of this title shall take effect July 26, 1947.
(b)Except as provided in subsection (a), the provisions of this chapter shall take effect on whichever of the following days is the earlier: The day after the day upon which the Secretary of Defense first appointed takes office, or the sixtieth day after July 26, 1947.

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The first sentence of section 202(a), referred to in subsec. (a), means the first sentence of section 202(a) of act
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, which was classified to section 171a of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, prior to the enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378. This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning act
July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 Stat. 495, known as the National Security Act of 1947, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified as a note under section 401 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as this section.

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50 U.S.C. § 3077

Title 50War and National Defense

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73