Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§7565 Colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations: disposition
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Summary
The Army Secretary may return or send the flags (colors, standards, guidons) of demobilized units to a governor who asks—either the State that put them into federal service or the State that supplied most members. The United States keeps ownership and must approve plans to care for them.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §7565
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(a)The Secretary of the Army may dispose of colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations of the Army, as follows:
(1)Those brought into Federal service by the Army National Guard of a State may be returned to that State upon the request of its governor.
(2)Those that cannot be returned under clause (1) may, upon the request of its governor, be sent to the State that, as determined by the Secretary, furnished the majority of members of the organization when it was formed.
(b)Title to colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations of the Army remains in the United States.
(c)No color, standard, or guidon may be disposed of under this section unless provision satisfactory to the Secretary has been made for its preservation and care.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4565(a)5:202 (less 3d and last sentences).Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 166, § 2, 41 Stat. 1438. 4565(b)5:202 (3d sentence). 4565(c)5:202 (last sentence). In subsection (a), the words “Any which were used during their service by such organizations and” are omitted as surplusage. The first 15 words of the last sentence are substituted for 5:202 (1st 45 words of 2d sentence).
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Prior sections 7571 to 7573 were renumbered sections 8771 to 8773 of this title, respectively. Prior section 7574 and 7575 were repealed by Pub. L. 93–166, title V, § 509(d), Nov. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 678. section 7574, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 468; Aug. 30, 1957, Pub. L. 85–241, title IV, § 404(b), 71 Stat. 556; Aug. 10, 1959, Pub. L. 86–149, title IV, § 410(b), 73 Stat. 321; July 27, 1962, Pub. L. 87–554, title V, § 504(b), (d), 76 Stat. 239; Nov. 7, 1963, Pub. L. 88–174, title V, § 503, 77 Stat. 325; Dec. 5, 1969, Pub. L. 91–142, title V, § 510(a), 83 Stat. 312; Oct. 27, 1971, Pub. L. 92–145, title V, § 508(b), (c), 85 Stat. 408, related to quarters: limitations on size. section 7575, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 469, related to quarters: exemptions from cost limitations. Prior section 7576 and 7577 were renumbered section 8776 and 8777 of this title, respectively. A prior section 7578, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 469, related to limitations on furnishing of tableware and kitchen utensils, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 85–861, § 36B(24), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1571. Prior sections 7579 to 7582 were renumbered sections 8779 to 8782 of this title, respectively.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 4565 of this title as this section. 1966—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–718 substituted the Secretary of the Army for the Quartermaster General as the officer to accept delivery of colors, standards, and guidons of demobilized organizations of the Army which cannot be disposed of under clauses (1) and (2).
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.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 7565
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73