---
kind: "section"
citation: "5A U.S.C. Reorg. Plan No. 8 of 1949"
title: "5a"
title_heading: "Federal Advisory Committee Act"
number: "reorg-1949-8"
heading: "REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 8 OF 1949"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5a/reorg-1949-8"
units:
  - "Reorganization Plans — Reorganization Plans"
---

# Reorg. Plan No. 8 of 1949. REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 8 OF 1949


Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1949, which proposed reorganization of the National Military Establishment into a Department of Defense, was submitted to Congress on July 18, 1949, and was disapproved by act Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, § 12(i), 63 Stat. 592.