Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§8904 Availability of Material for Naval Militia
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps › Part IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 887— NAVAL MILITIA › § 8904
Summary
The Secretary of the Navy may loan Navy and Marine Corps ships, arms, equipment, and other material to any State, D.C., Guam, or the Virgin Islands for their naval militias only if 95 percent are Navy or Marine reservists and the unit meets Secretary-set organization, administration, and training standards.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8904
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Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, vessels, material, armament, equipment, and other facilities of the Navy and the Marine Corps available to the Navy Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve may also be made available for issue or loan to any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands for the use of its Naval Militia if—
(1)at least 95 percent of the members of the portion or unit of the Naval Militia to which the facilities would be made available are members of the Navy Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve; and
(2)the organization, administration, and training of the Naval Militia conform to standards prescribed by the Secretary.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 785450 U.S.C. 1074.July 9, 1952, ch. 608, § 504, 66 Stat. 500. The words “are or may be made”, before the word “available”, are omitted as surplusage. In clause (1) the word “members” is substituted for the word “personnel”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7854 of this title as this section. 2006—Pub. L. 109–163 substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve” and “any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands” for “any State, any Territory, or the District of Columbia” in introductory provisions and substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve” in par. (1).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8904
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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