Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8027 Chief of Legislative Affairs
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART I — ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 803 — DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY › § 8027
Summary
The Navy must have a Chief of Legislative Affairs to carry out the Secretary of the Navy’s assigned legislative duties.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8027
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(a)There is a Chief of Legislative Affairs in the Department of the Navy.
(b)The Chief of Legislative Affairs shall perform legislative affairs functions as specified for the Office of the Secretary of the Navy by section 8014(c)(1)(F) of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(a)(1), renumbered section 5027 of this title as this section. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 8014(c)(1)(F)” for “section 5014(c)(1)(F)”. 2016—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–328 struck out second sentence which read as follows: “An officer assigned to that position shall be an officer in the grade of rear admiral.”
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.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8027
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102