SUBCHAPTER A UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND - …

1 9 SUBCHAPTER A UNITED STATES navy REGULATIONS ANDOFFICIAL RECORDSPART 700 UNITED STATES NAVYREGULATIONS AND OFFICIALRECORDSS ubpart A navy Origin and history of UNITED StatesNavy Statutory authority for issuance ofUnited STATES navy Purpose and effect of UNITED StatesNavy Statutory authority for prescriptionof other Issuance of directives by other offi-cers and Control of administrative Maintenance of navy B The Department of the Origin and authority of the Depart-ment of the Mission of the Department of The principal elements of the De-partment of the C The Secretary of the NavyTHESECRETARY OF Responsibilities of the Secretary ofthe Responsibilities within the Depart-ment of the Recommendations to Assignment of Assignment of duty and Powers with respect to the OF THESECRETARY OF Sole Authority over organizational OF THESECRETARY OF The Civilian Executive The Under Secretary of the Assistant Secretaries of the navy ;statutory The Assistant Secretary of the navy (Financial Management).

2 The Assistant Secretary of the navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs). The Assistant Secretary of the navy (Installations and Environment). The Assistant Secretary of the navy (Research, Development and Acquisi-tion). The General Counsel of the THESECRETARY OF The Staff The Judge Advocate The Naval Inspector The Chief of Naval The Chief of The Chief of Legislative The Director, Office of Program The Auditor D The Chief of Naval Statutory authority and responsi-bility of the Chief of Naval Statutory authority and responsi-bility of the Office of the Chief of Delegated authority and Naval Vessel Register, classificationof naval craft, and status of ships andservice E The Commandant of theMarine Statutory authority and responsi-bility of the Commandant of the Statutory authority and responsi-bility of the Headquarters, Marine Delegated authority and F The UNITED STATES Coast Guard(When Operating as a Service of theNavy)

3 Relationship and operation as aservice in the The Commandant of the Duties and 11<MAY>2000 17:45 Jul 19, 2001 Jkt 194121 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\ pfrm06 PsN: 194121T1032 CFR Ch. VI (7 1 01 Edition)Pt. 700 Subpart G Commanders in Chief andOther CommandersTITLES ANDDUTIES Titles of Responsibility and authority of To announce assumption of Observance of international Keeping immediate superiors Organization of a Authority and responsibilities of of-ficers of a Administration and discipline: Administration and discipline: Staffbased Administration and discipline: Staffunassigned to an administrative Administration and discipline: Sepa-rate and detached H The Commanding OfficerCOMMANDINGOFFICERS Organization of Persons found under Rules for Dealers, tradesmen, and Postal The American National Red Delivery of personnel to civil au-thorities and service of subpoena orother Physical Effectiveness for Search by foreign Environment Care of ships, aircraft, vehicles andtheir Work, facilities, supplies, or servicesfor other Government departments,State or local governments, foreign gov-ernments, private parties and morale,welfare.

4 And recreational Unauthorized persons on Control of Authority over Marriages on Maintenance of Status of Responsibility of a master of an in-service ship of the Military Sealift Relations with merchant Status of Safe navigation and REGULATIONS gov-erning operation of ships and Customs and immigration INNAVALSTATIONS Responsibility for safety of ships andcraft at a naval station or Ships and craft in Inspection incident to commis-sioning of Duties of the prospective com-manding officer of a I The Senior Officer The senior officer Eligibility for command at Authority and Authority of senior officer of theMarine Corps Shore Precautions for Medical or dental aid to persons notin the naval Exercise of power of Granting of asylum and J Precedence, Authority Exercise of Authority of an officer who suc-ceeds to Authority of a Orders to active Commander of a task Command of a naval Command of a naval Command of a Command of an air Command of a Command of a staff corps K General RegulationsSTANDARDS Demand for 11<MAY>2000 17:45 Jul 19, 2001 Jkt 194121 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\ pfrm06 PsN: 194121T11 Department of the navy , DoD Endorsement of commercial prod-uct or Personal privacy and rights of indi-viduals regarding their personal Disclosure, publication and securityof official Correction of naval Control of official Official records in civil Responsibilities concerning mari-juana, narcotics, and other Rules for preventing collisions,afloat and in the Alcoholic Fraternization Sexual Supremacist : 10.

5 64 FR 56062, Oct. 15, 1999, unlessotherwise A navy REGULATIONS Origin and history of UnitedStates navy REGULATIONS .(a) UNITED STATES navy Regulationsbegan with the enactment by the Con-tinental Congress of the Rules for theRegulation of the navy of the UnitedColonies on November 28, 1775. Thefirst issuance by the UNITED StatesGovernment which covered this subjectmatter was An Act for the Govern-ment of the navy of the UnitedStates, enacted on March 2, 1799. Thiswas followed the next year by An Actfor the Better Government of the Navyof the UNITED STATES . (b) In the years preceding the CivilWar, twelve successor publicationswere promulgated under a number oftitles by the President, the navy De-partment and the Secretary of theNavy. A decision by the Attorney Gen-eral that the last of the pre-Civil Warissuances was invalid led to the inclu-sion in the 1862 naval appropriationsbill of a provision that the orders, REGULATIONS , and instructions here-tofore issued by the Secretary of theNavy be, and they are hereby, recog-nized as the REGULATIONS of the NavyDepartment, subject, however, to suchalterations as the Secretary of theNavy may adopt, with the approbationof the President of the UNITED STATES .

6 (c) Thirteen editions of navy Regula-tions were published in accordancewith this authority (later codified asSection 1547, Revised Statutes) be-tween 1865 and 1948. The 1973 edition ofNavy REGULATIONS was published underauthority of 10 UNITED STATES Code( ) 6011, which provided that UNITED STATES navy REGULATIONS shallbe issued by the Secretary of the Navywith the approval of the President. In1981, this provision was amended toeliminate the requirement for presi-dential approval.(d) While leaving this provision unaf-fected, Congress enacted the Gold-water-Nichols Department of DefenseReorganization Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99 443), which granted each of the servicesecretaries the authority to prescriberegulations to carry out his or her stat-utory functions, powers and duties. Statutory authority forissuance of UNITED STATES navy 10, UNITED STATES Code, section6011, provides that UNITED STATES NavyRegulations shall be issued by the Sec-retary of the navy .

7 REGULATIONS issuedunder this authority are permanentregulations of general applicability, asopposed to REGULATIONS issued by theSecretary under Purpose and effect of UnitedStates navy STATES navy Regulation is theprinciple regulatory document of theDepartment of the navy , endowed withthe sanction of law, as to duty, respon-sibility, authority, distinctions and re-lationships of various commands, offi-cials and individuals. Other directivesissued within the Department of theNavy shall not conflict with, alter oramend any provision of navy Regula-tions. Statutory authority for pre-scription of other Secretary of the navy may pre-scribe REGULATIONS to carry out his orher functions, powers and duties underTitle 10, UNITED STATES 11<MAY>2000 17:45 Jul 19, 2001 Jkt 194121 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\ pfrm06 PsN: 194121T1232 CFR Ch. VI (7 1 01 Edition) Issuance of directives byother officers and officers and officials ofthe Department of the navy may issue,or cause to be issued, directives con-cerning matters over which they exer-cise command, control or supervision,which do not conflict with, alter oramend these REGULATIONS .

8 Control of administrative re-quirements.(a) Directives will be issued with dueregard for the imposition of workloadresulting therefrom and benefits or ad-vantages to be gained. Issuance of newdirectives will be in accordance withthe following:(1) Directives which implement oramplify directives from higher author-ity will not be issued unless absolutelyessential.(2) Administrative reporting require-ments will not be imposed unless theexpected value of the information to begained is significantly greater than thecumulative burden imposed.(b) Each officer or official issuing adirective or imposing a reporting re-quirement will periodically, in accord-ance with instructions to be issued byappropriate authority, review such di-rective or report with a view towardthe following:(1) Reduction of directives by can-cellation or consolidation; or(2) Reduction of reporting require-ments by elimination of the report, re-duction in the frequency of the report,or combination with other reports.

9 (c) When issuance of a directive or atasking will result in imposition of ad-ditional administrative requirementson commands not within the chain ofcommand or the issuing authority, thefirst common superior of the com-mands affected by the requirementmust concur in the issuance. Maintenance of navy Regula-tions.(a) The Chief of Naval Operations isresponsible for maintaining navy Reg-ulations, and for ensuring that NavyRegulations conforms to the currentneeds of the Department of the any person in the Department ofthe navy deems it advisable that addi-tions, changes or deletions should bemade to navy REGULATIONS , he or sheshall forward a draft of the proposedaddition, change or deletion, with astatement of the reasons therefor, tothe Chief of Naval Operations via thechain of command. The Chief of NavalOperations shall endeavor to obtain theconcurrence of the Commandant of theMarine Corps, the Judge Advocate Gen-eral and appropriate offices and com-mands.

10 Unresolved issues concerningsuch additions, changes or deletionsshall be forwarded to the Secretary ofthe navy for appropriate action. Anyadditions, changes or deletions to navy REGULATIONS must be ap-proved by the Secretary of the navy .(b) Changes to navy REGULATIONS willbe numbered consecutively and issuedas page changes. Advance changes maybe used when required; these will benumbered consecutively and incor-porated in page changes at frequent B The Department of theNavy Origin and authority of theDepartment of the navy .(a) The naval affairs of the countrybegan with the war for independence,the American Revolution. On 13 Octo-ber 1775, Congress passed legislation forships. This, in effect, created the conti-nental navy . Two battalions of Ma-rines were authorized on 10 November1775. Under the Constitution, the FirstCongress on 7 August 1789 assigned re-sponsibility for the conduct of naval af-fairs to the War Department.