10 USC § 8903 - Release from Militia duty upon order to active duty in reserve components

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8903"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 8903 - Release from Militia duty upon order to active duty in reserve components"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8903"
section_name: "Release from Militia duty upon order to active duty in reserve components"
chapter_number: 887
chapter_name: "NAVAL MILITIA"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 486, § 7853; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(X), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3233; renumbered § 8903, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)"
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# § 8903. Release from Militia duty upon order to active duty in reserve components

When ordered to active duty, a member of the Navy Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve who is a member of the Naval Militia is relieved from all service and duty in the Naval Militia from the date of active duty specified in his orders until he is released from active duty.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 486, § 7853; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(X), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3233; renumbered § 8903, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7853 | 50 U.S.C. 1073. | July 9, 1952, ch. 608, § 503, 66 Stat. 500. |

The words “in the service of the United States” are omitted as covered by the definition of “active duty” in . The words “is relieved” are substituted for the words “shall stand relieved”.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2006— substituted “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve”.

## 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 .