Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73
§3917 Extension of rights and protections to reserves ordered to report for military service and to persons ordered to report for induction
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Summary
If someone in a reserve unit gets an order to report for military service, they get the legal protections and benefits the law gives from the day they receive the order until they actually report for duty or until the order is canceled. The same rule applies to a person ordered to report for induction under the Military Selective Service Act. Members of the Space Force are covered the same way as reserve members.
Full Legal Text
Title 50, §3917
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(a)A member of a reserve component who is ordered to report for military service is entitled to the rights and protections of this subchapter and subchapters II and III during the period beginning on the date of the member’s receipt of the order and ending on the date on which the member reports for military service (or, if the order is revoked before the member so reports, or the date on which the order is revoked).
(b)A person who has been ordered to report for induction under the Military Selective Service Act [50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.] is entitled to the rights and protections provided a servicemember under this subchapter and subchapters II and III during the period beginning on the date of receipt of the order for induction and ending on the date on which the person reports for induction (or, if the order to report for induction is revoked before the date on which the person reports for induction, on the date on which the order is revoked).
(c)The provisions of subsection (a) apply to a member of the Space Force who is ordered to report for military service in the same manner as to a member of a reserve component who is ordered to report for military service.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Termination of Induction for Training and ServiceFor provisions relating to termination of induction for training and service in the Armed Forces after July 1, 1973, see section 3815(c) of this title.
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Military Selective Service Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act June 24, 1948, ch. 625, 62 Stat. 604. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
References in Text
note set out under section 3801 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 516 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 106 of act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, art. I, as added Oct. 6, 1942, ch. 581, § 4, 56 Stat. 770; amended Pub. L. 102–12, § 9(5), Mar. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 39, related to extension of benefits to persons ordered to report for induction or military service, prior to the general amendment of this Act by Pub. L. 108–189.
Amendments
2023—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–31 added subsec. (c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable to any case not final before Dec. 19, 2003, see section 3 of Pub. L. 108–189, set out as a note under section 3901 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
50 U.S.C. § 3917
Title 50 — War and National Defense
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Apr 6, 2026
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