Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§7191 Non-regular officers: status
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle B— - Army › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 721— - ACTIVE DUTY › § 7191
Summary
An Army officer who is not in the Regular Army but is on active duty at any officer rank gets the same rights and benefits under the law as an Army Reserve officer. That comparison is to a Reserve officer who (1) holds that same rank, (2) has the same length of service, and (3) is on active duty in that reserve rank.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §7191
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A commissioned officer of the Army, other than of the Regular Army, who is on active duty in any commissioned grade has the rights and privileges, and is entitled to the benefits, provided by law for a commissioned officer of the Army Reserve—
(1)whose reserve grade is that in which the officer not of the Regular Army is serving;
(2)who has the same length of service as the officer not of the Regular Army; and
(3)who is on active duty in his reserve grade.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 349110:506d(h).Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 515(h), 61 Stat. 908. The first 12 words are substituted for 10:506d(h) (1st 11 words). The words “has the rights and privileges, and is entitled to the benefits” are substituted for the words “shall be entitled * * * to the same rights, privileges, and benefits”. Clause (1) is substituted for the words “in a grade the same as such ‘active-duty grade’ ”. The words “as the officer not of the Regular Army” are substituted for the words “holding appointment in the Army Reserve”. The words “his reserve grade” are substituted for the words “the grade held in the Army Reserve”.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Prior section 7201, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 442, authorized Secretary of the Navy to conduct research and development relating to guided missiles and to procure and construct guided missiles, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, § 824(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1707. Prior section 7202, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 442, related to authority of Secretary of the Navy to provide for emergency and extraordinary expenses and to delegation of such authority to other persons in the Department of the Navy, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94–106, title VIII, § 804(b), Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 538. See section 127 of this title.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3491 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 7191
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73