Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§20103 Members Not on Sustained Duty: Agreements Concerning Conditions of Service

Title 10 › Subtitle F — Alternative Military Personnel Systems › PART I — SPACE FORCE › CHAPTER 2003 — STATUS AND PARTICIPATION › § 20103

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Air Force can sign a written agreement with a Space Force member who is not on sustained duty. The agreement can require a set period of active duty, lay out the terms of that service, and for inactive members it can set rules for staying in service and for being ordered to active duty with or without consent. The Secretary must write rules about what can go in these agreements, the parties’ duties, and penalties for breaking them. If the agreed service ends during a war or a national emergency declared by Congress or the President, the member may be kept on active duty without their consent as other law allows.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §20103

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Agreements.—

The Secretary of the Air Force may enter into a written agreement with a member of the Space Force not on sustained duty—

(1)requiring the member to serve on active duty for a definite period of time;

(2)specifying the conditions of the member’s service on active duty; and

(3)for a member serving in a space force inactive status, specifying the conditions for the member’s continued service as well as order to active duty with and without the consent of the member.

(b)Conditions of Service.—

An agreement under subsection (a) shall specify the conditions of service. The Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe regulations establishing—

(1)what conditions of service may be specified in the agreement;

(2)the obligations of the parties; and

(3)the consequences of failure to comply with the terms of the agreement.

(c)Authority for Retention on Active Duty During War or National Emergency.—

If the period of service on active duty of a member under an agreement under subsection (a) expires during a war or during a national emergency declared by Congress or the President, the member concerned may be kept on active duty, without the consent of the member, as otherwise prescribed by law.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 20103

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110