(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.
(Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 504(d)(1)(A), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2532, § 5027; amended Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(v), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2104; renumbered § 8027 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 807(a)(1), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834, 1840.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments2018—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.