Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§14003 Reserve Active-status Lists: Position of Officers on the List
Title 10 › Subtitle E — Reserve Components › PART III — PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST › CHAPTER 1401 — APPLICABILITY AND RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LISTS › § 14003
Summary
Place officers on the reserve active‑status list by how senior they are in the grade they are serving. Officers in the same grade are ordered by their seniority within that grade. If a temporary appointment or assignment gave an officer their spot, when that appointment or assignment ends they go back to the grade and list position they would have had without it.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §14003
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Position on List.—
Officers shall be carried on the reserve active-status list of the armed force of which they are members in the order of seniority of the grade in which they are serving in an active status. Officers serving in the same grade shall be carried in the order of their rank in that grade.
(b)Effect on Position Held by Reason of Temporary Appointment or Assignment.—
An officer whose position on the reserve active-status list results from service under a temporary appointment or in a grade held by reason of assignment to a position has, when that appointment or assignment ends, the grade and position on that list that the officer would have held if the officer had not received that appointment or assignment.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–106 inserted “lists” in section catchline.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1996 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 104–106 effective as if included in the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act, title XVI of Pub. L. 103–337, as enacted on Oct. 5, 1994, see section 1501(f)(3) of Pub. L. 104–106, set out as a note under section 113 of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 14003
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110