[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2718 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2718

    To redesignate the position of the Secretary of the Navy as the 
    Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 11 (legislative day, July 10), 2002

   Mr. Burns introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To redesignate the position of the Secretary of the Navy as the 
    Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress meeting 
        in Philadelphia passed a resolution directing that ``two 
        Battalions of Marines be raised'' for service as landing forces 
        with the fleet, thereby establishing the Continental Marines 
        and signifying the birth of the United States Marine Corps.
            (2) The Marines throughout the Nation's history have often 
        been called upon to be the first into battle and have accepted 
        this duty without hesitation and with a sense of honor and 
        esprit de corps that is second to none.
            (3) Marine Corps units constitute approximately 20 percent 
        of the United States military's active ground maneuver 
        battalions, 20 percent of the active fighter/attack squadrons, 
        17 percent of the attack helicopters, and nearly one third of 
        the ground combat service support in the active forces.
            (4) Throughout the 226-year history of the Navy and Marine 
        Corps, they have fought side by side as a cohesive team against 
        any interests that would do the Nation harm.
            (5) The Marine Corps is the only service in the Department 
        of Defense without a specific service Secretary.
            (6) The Secretary of the Navy serves as both the Secretary 
        of the Navy and Secretary of the Marine Corps.

SEC. 2. CHANGE IN TITLE OF SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

    (a) Change in Title.--The position of the Secretary of the Navy is 
hereby redesignated as the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps.
    (b) References.--Any reference to the Secretary of the Navy in any 
law, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States 
shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Navy and 
Marine Corps.
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