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§10202 Regulations

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— Reserve Components › Part I— ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 1007— ADMINISTRATION OF RESERVE COMPONENTS › § 10202

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense gives the overall standards, policies, and procedures. Under those rules, the head of each military department must create the specific regulations needed to put the laws about their reserve forces into practice. For the Coast Guard, the Secretary of Homeland Security must make the needed rules, but only if the Secretary of the Navy agrees, and not when the Coast Guard is serving as part of the Navy. As much as possible, the rules for all reserve forces should be the same.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §10202

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(a)Subject to standards, policies, and procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of each military department shall prescribe such regulations as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out provisions of law relating to the reserve components under the Secretary’s jurisdiction.
(b)The Secretary of Homeland Security, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy, shall prescribe such regulations as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out all provisions of law relating to the reserve components insofar as they relate to the Coast Guard, except when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy.
(c)So far as practicable, regulations for all reserve components shall be uniform.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 280 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(2)(A).

Amendments

2002—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 10202

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

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