Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§20109 Policy for Order to Active Duty Based Upon Determination by Congress
Title 10 › Subtitle F — Alternative Military Personnel Systems › PART I — SPACE FORCE › CHAPTER 2003 — STATUS AND PARTICIPATION › § 20109
Summary
If Congress says the nation needs more units that can do space operations than the active-duty Space Force has, the military must call Space Force members who are not on active duty to active duty. Those members must stay on active duty as long as they are needed for national security.
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Title 10, §20109
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Whenever Congress determines that more units and organizations capable of conducting space operations are needed for the national security than are available among those units comprised of members of the Space Force serving on active duty, members of the Space Force not serving on active duty shall be ordered to active duty and retained as long as so needed.
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10 U.S.C. § 20109
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102