Title 32 — National Guard
Chapter 5 — Training
§ 503. Participation in field exercises
Statutory text
Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, may provide for the participation of the National Guard in encampments, maneuvers, outdoor target practice, or other exercises for field or coast-defense instruction, independently of or in conjunction with the Army or the Air Force, or both.
Paragraph (1) includes authority to provide for participation of the National Guard in conjunction with the Army or the Air Force, or both, in joint exercises for instruction to prepare the National Guard for response to civil emergencies and disasters.
Amounts necessary for the pay, subsistence, transportation, and other proper expenses of any part of the National Guard of a State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands participating in an exercise under subsection (a) may be set aside from funds allocated to it from appropriations for field or coast-defense instruction.
Members of the National Guard participating in an exercise under subsection (a) may, after being mustered, be paid for the period beginning with the date of leaving home and ending with the date of return, as determined in advance. If otherwise correct, such a payment passes to the credit of the disbursing officer.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 610 · 70A Stat. 610
Enacted · 32 U.S.C. § 503
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 610
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 610National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989
Pub. L. 100–456 div. A title XII § 1234(b)(1) · 102 Stat. 1918
Struck · 32 U.S.C. § 503(b)
Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto Rico,”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto Rico,”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) Sections 101(4), 101(6), 103, 104(c), 104(d), 107(b), 109, 304, 314(a), 314(d), 315(a), 315(b), 333, 501(b), 503(b), 504(b), 702(b), 702(c), 702(d), 703, 704, 708(d), 710, 711 and 712 are each amended by striking out “the Canal Zone,”.National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
Pub. L. 104–106 div. A title V § 517 · 110 Stat. 186
Amended · 32 U.S.C. § 503(a)
Pub. L. 104–106 designated existing provisions as par. (1)
Added · 32 U.S.C. § 503(a)
Pub. L. 104–106 added par. (2)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–106 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 517. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDING FOR NATIONAL GUARD PARTICIPATION IN JOINT DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EXERCISES. Section 503(a) of title 32, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” after “(a)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(2) Paragraph (1) includes authority to provide for participation of the National Guard in conjunction with the Army or the Air Force, or both, in joint exercises for instruction to prepare the National Guard for response to civil emergencies and disasters.”.National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
Pub. L. 109–163 div. A title X § 1057(b)(3) · 119 Stat. 3136
Substituted · 32 U.S.C. § 503(b)
Pub. L. 109–163 substituted “State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands” for “State or Territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–163 substituted “State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands” for “State or Territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(3) Sections 104(d), 107, 109, 503, 703, 704, 710, and 712 are amended by striking “State or Territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia” and “State or Territory, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or the District of Columbia” each place they appear and inserting “State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands”.
4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 503(a)503(b)503(c) | 32:63 (1st 56 words).32:63 (less 1st 56 words).32:158. | June 3, 1916, ch. 134, §§ 94 (less last 43 words after semicolon), 98, 39 Stat. 206, 207. |
In subsection (a), the words “the whole or any part” and “any part of” are omitted as surplusage. The word “Army” is substituted for the words “Regular Army”, since the Army is the category that participates in the exercises, and the Regular Army is a personnel category only. Similarly, the words “Air Force” are used instead of the words “Regular Air Force”.
In subsection (b), the words “Amounts necessary” are substituted for the words “such portion of said funds as may be necessary”. The words “participating in an exercise under subsection (a)” are substituted for the words “as shall participate in such encampments, maneuvers, or other exercises, including outdoor target practice, for field and coast-defense instruction”. The words “allocated to it from appropriations for field or coast-defense instruction” are substituted for the words “appropriated for that purpose and allocated to any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia”.
In subsection (c), the words “Members of the National Guard participating in an exercise under subsection (a)” are substituted for the words “When any portion of the National Guard shall participate in encampments, maneuvers, or other exercises, including outdoor target practice, for field or coast-defense instruction, under the provisions of this title”. The words “duly”, “at any time”, “rendezvous”, “both dates inclusive”, and “making the same” are omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1988–2006 · 3 rounds
2006
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–163 substituted “State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands” for “State or Territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia”.
1996
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–106 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
1988
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto Rico,”.
Credits
1956–2006 · 4 acts
- 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 610
- 1988Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1234(b)(1), , 102 Stat. 2059
- 1996Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 517, , 110 Stat. 309
- 2006Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(b)(3), , 119 Stat. 3441.
Show as published
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 610; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1234(b)(1), , 102 Stat. 2059; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 517, , 110 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(b)(3), , 119 Stat. 3441.)