10 USC § 12317 - Reserves: theological students; limitations

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title: "10 USC § 12317 - Reserves: theological students; limitations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "12317"
section_name: "Reserves: theological students; limitations"
chapter_number: 1209
chapter_name: "ACTIVE DUTY"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL GENERALLY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(15), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1441, § 685; renumbered § 12317, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(e)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2992.)"
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# § 12317. Reserves: theological students; limitations

A Reserve may not be required to serve on active duty, or to participate in inactive duty training, while preparing for the ministry in a recognized theological or divinity school.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(15), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1441, § 685; renumbered § 12317, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(e)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2992.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 686 | 50:961(h) (last sentence). | Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 665, § 2(g) (last sentence), 69 Stat. 599. |

The words “active training and service, active duty for training” are omitted as covered by the words “active duty” as defined in .

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— renumbered  as this section.