§704 — Title 32 National Guard | U.S. Code

Summary

When the President calls any part of the Army or Air National Guard to active federal duty, he can free the State, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands from responsibility for U.S. property that had been issued to that Guard unit. He can require whatever conditions he chooses when doing this.

Title 32, §704

National Guard — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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,”.

§704 Accountability: Relief From Upon Order to Active Duty