2017 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 44 - National Security
Subchapter II - Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 3075 - "Function" and "Department of Defense" defined

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Citation 50 U.S.C. § 3075 (2017)
Section Name §3075. "Function" and "Department of Defense" defined
Section Text

(a) 1 As used in this Act, the term "function" includes functions, powers, and duties.

(b) As used in this Act, the term "Department of Defense" shall be deemed to include the military departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, and all agencies created under title II of this Act.

Source Credit

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, §308, 61 Stat. 509; Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, §12(e), 63 Stat. 591.)

Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT

This Act, referred to in text, means 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.

Title II of this Act, referred to in subsec. (b), means title II of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 Stat. 499. Section 201(d) of title II was formerly classified to section 408 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as section 3005 of this title. Sections 205(c), 206(a), and 207(c) of title II were formerly classified to section 409 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as section 3004 of this title. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see Tables.

CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 410 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section, and to section 171n of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, §1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.

AMENDMENTS

1949—Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 10, 1949, substituted definition of "Department of Defense" for definition of "budget program".

PARTIAL REPEAL OF SUBSECTION (A)

Pub. L. 87–651, title III, §307, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 526, repealed subsection (a) of this section less its applicability to sections 3002, 3021, 3023, 3042, and 3073 of this title.

Footnotes

1 See Partial Repeal of Subsection (a) note below.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 44 - NATIONAL SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER II - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 3075 - Function" and "Department of Defense" defined
Contains section 3075
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 61 Stat. 509, 495, 499
63 Stat. 591
76 Stat. 526
80 Stat. 378
Public Law References Public Law 87-651, Public Law 89-554
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