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rules for the regulation of the navy of the united colonies
United States Navy Regulations - wikipedia United States Navy Regulations United States Navy Regulations is the principal regulatory document of the Department of the Navy ( not just the United States Navy ) , endowed with the sanction of law , as to duty , responsibility , authority , distinctions and relationships of various officials , organizations and individuals . Navy Regulations are issued by the Secretary of the Navy , and are permanent regulations of general applicability , as opposed to other regulations that he or she may issue in accordance with law . The Navy Regulations serve in effect much as a vehicle of implementation of Title 10 of the United States Code as it pertains to the Naval Services . However , Navy Regulations do not take legal precedence over any order or directive issued by either the President or Secretary of Defense , or of an Act of Congress . The Chief of Naval Operations is responsible for maintaining the Navy Regulations , and for ensuring that they conform to the current needs of the Department of the Navy . Other directives issued within the Department of the Navy may not conflict with , alter or amend any provision of Navy Regulations . Any additions , changes or deletions to the U.S. Navy Regulations must be approved by the Secretary of the Navy . Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External links History ( edit ) Navy Regulations began with the enactment by the Second Continental Congress of the `` Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies '' on November 28 , 1775 . The first issuance by the United States Government which covered this subject matter was `` An Act for the Government of the Navy of the United States , '' enacted on March 2 , 1799 . This was followed the next year by `` An Act for the Better Government of the Navy of the United States . '' In the years preceding the American Civil War , twelve successor publications were promulgated under a number of titles by the President , the Navy Department and the Secretary of the Navy . A decision by the Attorney General that the last of the pre-Civil War issuances was invalid led to the inclusion in the 1862 naval appropriations bill of a provision that `` the orders , regulations , and instructions heretofore issued by the Secretary of the Navy be , and they are hereby , recognized as the regulations of the Navy Department , subject , however , to such alterations as the Secretary of the Navy may adopt , with the approbation of the President of the United States . '' Thirteen editions of Navy Regulations were published in accordance with this authority ( later codified as Section 1547 , Revised Statutes ) between 1865 and 1948 . The 1973 edition of Navy Regulations was published under authority of 10 U.S.C. § 6011 , which provided that `` United States Navy Regulations shall be issued by the Secretary of the Navy with the approval of the President . '' In 1981 , this provision was amended to eliminate the requirement for presidential approval . While leaving this provision unaffected , Congress enacted the Goldwater - Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 ( Pub . L. 99 -- 443 ) , which granted each of the service secretaries the explicit authority to prescribe regulations to carry out his or her statutory functions , powers and duties . See also ( edit ) Uniform Code of Military Justice References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` Rules for the Regulation of the Navy '' . Naval Historical Center . Department of the Navy . Retrieved 11 November 2014 . Jump up ^ Richard Peters , ed. ( 1850 ) . `` An Act for the Government of the Navy of the United States '' . The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America , Volume 1 ( 2 ed . ) . Boston : Charles C. Little and James Brown . p. 709 . Retrieved 20 March 2011 . Jump up ^ `` A Bill , For the better government of the Navy of the United States , and repealing the act on the same subject , passed the second day of March in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety - nine '' . A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation : U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates , 1774 - 1875 . 3 March 1800 . Retrieved 20 March 2011 . 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