10 U.S.C. § 6011
Section 6011 · Navy Regulations
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy (1961)
Most recently applied in Red River Holdings, LLC v. United States (July 2009)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
United States Navy Regulations shall be issued by the Secretary of the Navy.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
So much as pertains to the “orders, regulations, and instructions issued by the Secretary of the Navy prior to July 14, 1862” and the alterations thereto is omitted as executed, and the section is worded to preserve the remaining requirement that Navy Regulations must be issued with Presidential approval. The words “United States Navy Regulations” are substituted for the words “regulations of the Navy” to preserve the distinction between the permanent regulations of general applicability falling within this statute and the many other regulations issued by the Secretary alone under specific statutes and under his power to administer the Department.
Amendments
1981—Pub. L. 97–60 struck out “with the approval of the President” after “Secretary of the Navy”.
Navy Regulations Issued Before October 14, 1981
Section 204(b) of Pub. L. 97–60 provided that: “United States Navy regulations issued under section 6011 of title 10, United States Code, before the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 14, 1981] shall remain in effect in accordance with their terms until amended or revoked by the Secretary of the Navy.”
Delegation of Functions
For delegation to Secretary of Defense of authority vested in President by section 591 of former Title 34, see Ex. Ord. No. 10621, July 1, 1955, 20 F.R. 4759, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
Cross References
Uniform Code of Military Justice, see section 801 et seq. of this title.