Volume 69 · 687
Public Law 84–364
To authorize the States to organize and maintain State Defense Forces, and for other purposes.
Approved August 11, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the States to organize and maintain State Defense Forces, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 61 of the National Defense Act, as amended (39 Stat. 198), is amended by adding the following subsection:
“(b) In addition to the Army National Guard and Air National Guard heretofore authorized by this Act, the States may, as provided by the laws of such State, organize and maintain State defense forces. State defense forces established under this section may not be called, ordered, or in any manner drafted, as such, into the Armed Forces of the United States. State defense forces may be used within their respective State borders as deemed necessary by the chief executive thereof. A member of a State defense force established under this section is not exempt from military service in the Armed Forces of the United States under any Federal law by reason of membership therein, and further, such member is not entitled to pay, allowances, subsistence, transportation, or medical care or treatment from Federal funds. No person may become a member of the organized militia established under this section if he is a member of the Reserve Forces as defined in section 101 of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952.”
Approved August 11, 1955.