Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§20109 Policy for Order to Active Duty Based Upon Determination by Congress
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle F— Alternative Military Personnel Systems › Part I— SPACE FORCE › Chapter 2003— STATUS AND PARTICIPATION › § 20109
Summary
Congress must call nonactive Space Force members to active duty and keep them as needed when active-duty forces lack enough space units.
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Title 10, §20109
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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
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60