Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§8611 Attendance at Meetings of Technical, Professional, or Scientific Organizations
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART IV — GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 861 — SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES › § 8611
Summary
The Secretary of the Navy can approve people to attend technical, professional, scientific, or similar meetings when their attendance will help the Department. Covered are active-duty naval members, Navy civilian staff, and Coast Guard or NOAA personnel serving with the Navy. Their expenses can be paid at the rates set by law. The Secretary can give this approval power to other Navy officials and may allow them to pass it on.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8611
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(a)The Secretary of the Navy may authorize—
(1)members of the naval service on active duty;
(2)civilian officers and employees of the Department of the Navy;
(3)members of the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy; and
(4)members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration serving with the Navy;
to attend meetings of technical, professional, scientific, and similar organizations, if the Secretary believes that their attendance will benefit the Department. The personnel may be reimbursed for their expenses at the rates prescribed by law.
(b)The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 72115 U.S.C. 421c.Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 1, 60 Stat. 853. 5 U.S.C. 421g(b), (c).Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 40(b), (c), 60 Stat. 858. 5 U.S.C. 412a.Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 39, 60 Stat. 858. In subsection (b) the words “except the authority to prescribe
Regulations
” are omitted, since 5 U.S.C. 421c contains no authority for the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe
Regulations
for the administration of that section.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 8611, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 531, provided that President could prescribe uniform of Air Force, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–235, § 8(2), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 764.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7211 of this title as this section. 1980—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 96–513 substituted “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration” for “Environmental Science Services Administration”. 1966—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 89–718 substituted “Environmental Science Services Administration” for “Coast and Geodetic Survey”.
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 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
Repeals
The directory language of, but not the amendment made by, Pub. L. 89–718, § 8(a), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1117, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 97–295, § 6(b), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1314.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8611
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110