Title 32, National GuardRelease 119-102
§704 Accountability: Relief From Upon Order to Active Duty
Title 32 › CHAPTER 7 — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › § 704
Summary
When the President calls a National Guard unit to active duty, he can, under terms he sets, release its State or territory from responsibility for U.S. property issued to that unit.
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Title 32, §704
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Upon ordering any part of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States to active duty, the President may, upon such terms as he may prescribe, relieve the State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, whichever is concerned, of accountability for property of the United States previously issued to it for the use of that part.
Legislative History
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 70450:1121.July 9, 1952, ch. 608, § 711, 66 Stat. 504. The words “to active duty” are substituted for the words “into the active military service of the United States”. The word “conditions” is omitted as covered by the word “terms”. The word “previously” is substituted for the word “theretofore”. The word “liability” is omitted as covered by the word “accountability”. The words “that part” are substituted for the words “such portion of the National Guard of the United States or of the Air National Guard of the United States”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2006—Pub. L. 109–163 substituted “State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands” for “State or Territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia”. 1988—Pub. L. 100–456 struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Puerto Rico,”.
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Citation
32 U.S.C. § 704
Title 32, National Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102