10 USC § 7001 - Definitions

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title: "10 USC § 7001 - Definitions"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7001"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 701
chapter_name: "DEFINITIONS"
part_number: "I"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 157, § 3001; Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(k)(8), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 284; renumbered § 7001, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)"
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# § 7001. Definitions

In this title, the term “Army” means the Army or Armies referred to in the Constitution of the United States, less that part established by law as the Air Force.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 157, § 3001; Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(k)(8), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 284; renumbered § 7001, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3001 | 5:181–3(a).10:1a(a). | June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 2(a), 64 Stat. 263. |

The words “Army of the United States” and “are synonymous and” are omitted as surplusage, since the term “Army” is used throughout the revised title. 5:181–3(a) (last sentence) and 10:1a(a) (last sentence) are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1987— inserted “the term” after “In this title,”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .

### Deeming Rule for References to Provisions of Title 10 Redesignated by Pub. L. 115–232

> “Any reference in a provision of law (other than a provision amended by this section [see Tables for classification]) to a section or chapter redesignated by this part [part II (§§ 806–809) of subtitle A of title VIII of div. A of
> 
> , see Tables for classification] shall be deemed to refer to the section or chapter as so redesignated.”

, , , provided that: