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§10171 United States Army Reserve Command

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— Reserve Components › Part I— ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 1006— RESERVE COMPONENT COMMANDS › § 10171

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the United States Army Reserve Command as a separate Army command led by the Chief of Army Reserve. The Secretary of the Army must set its chain of command unless the Secretary of Defense decides otherwise. The Secretary of the Army must put all Army Reserve forces in the continental United States under that command, except forces already assigned to the unified combatant command for special operations under section 167. Unless the Secretary of Defense directs otherwise for forces doing duties listed in section 7013, those forces must be assigned to the commander of the United States Atlantic Command.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §10171

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(a)The United States Army Reserve Command is a separate command of the Army commanded by the Chief of Army Reserve.
(b)Except as otherwise prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army shall prescribe the chain of command for the United States Army Reserve Command.
(c)The Secretary of the Army—
(1)shall assign to the United States Army Reserve Command all forces of the Army Reserve in the continental United States other than forces assigned to the unified combatant command for special operations forces established pursuant to section 167 of this title; and
(2)except as otherwise directed by the Secretary of Defense in the case of forces assigned to carry out functions of the Secretary of the Army specified in section 7013 of this title, shall assign all such forces of the Army Reserve to the commander of the United States Atlantic Command.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “section 7013” for “section 3013”.

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. Implementation Schedule for Reserve Component Commands Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XII, § 1211(c), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2691, provided that: “Implementation of chapter 1006 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall begin not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 23, 1996] and shall be completed not later than one year after such date.”

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 10171

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60