Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§8028 Director of Small Business Programs
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART I — ORGANIZATION › CHAPTER 803 — DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY › § 8028
Summary
Creates a Director of Small Business Programs for the Department of the Navy, chosen by the Secretary. The Director runs the Navy’s Office of Small Business Programs (under section 15(k) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 644(k)). The Secretary gives the Director duties and powers, and section 15(k) applies except for the parts creating the office and the Director title.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8028
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(a)Director.— (b) Office of Small Business Programs.—
There is a Director of Small Business Programs in the Department of the Navy. The Director is appointed by the Secretary of the Navy.
(c)Duties and Powers.—
(1)The Director of Small Business Programs shall, subject to paragraph (2), perform such duties regarding small business programs of the Department of the Navy, and shall exercise such powers regarding those programs, as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe.
(2)section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)), except for the designations of the Director and the Office, applies to the Director of Small Business Programs.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5028 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
The Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Department of the Navy and the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Department of the Navy were redesignated the Director of Small Business Programs of the Department of the Navy and the Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of the Navy, respectively, by Pub. L. 109–163 which also provided that references to the former were deemed to refer to the latter. See section 904(a) of Pub. L. 109–163, set out as a note under section 144 of this title.
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. § 8028
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110