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Title 32 — National Guard

Chapter 7 — Service, Supply, and Procurement

§ 704. Accountability: relief from upon order to active duty

Statutory text

Upon ordering any part of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States to active duty, the President may, upon such terms as he may prescribe, relieve the State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, whichever is concerned, of accountability for property of the United States previously issued to it for the use of that part.

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.

  1. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 613 · 70A Stat. 613

    Enacted · 32 U.S.C. § 704

    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 613

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 613

  2. National 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. § 704

    Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto Rico,”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    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,”.

  3. 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. § 704

    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
    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”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
70450:1121.July 9, 1952, ch. 608, § 711, 66 Stat. 504.

The words “to active duty” are substituted for the words “into the active military service of the United States”. The word “conditions” is omitted as covered by the word “terms”. The word “previously” is substituted for the word “theretofore”. The word “liability” is omitted as covered by the word “accountability”. The words “that part” are substituted for the words “such portion of the National Guard of the United States or of the Air National Guard of the United States”.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1988–2006 · 2 rounds

2006

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”.

1988

Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto Rico,”.

Credits

1956–2006 · 3 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 613
  2. 1988Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1234(b)(1), , 102 Stat. 2059
  3. 2006Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(b)(3), , 119 Stat. 3441.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 613; Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1234(b)(1), , 102 Stat. 2059; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(b)(3), , 119 Stat. 3441.)

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