(a) The Navy Reserve is the reserve component of the Navy. It shall be organized, administered, trained, and supplied under the direction of the Chief of Naval Operations. (b) The bureaus and offices of the executive part of the Department of the Navy have the same relation and responsibility to the Navy Reserve as they do to the Regular Navy.
Amendment history
(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2971; amended Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(AA), (3)(F), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3233, 3234.) Editorial Notes Prior Provisions Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 5251(a), (b) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(3)(A). Amendments 2006—Pub. L. 109–163, § 515(b)(3)(F), substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve” in section catchline. Pub. L. 109–163, § 515(b)(1)(AA), substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve” in subsecs. (a) and (b). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.