14 USC § 3712 - Exclusiveness of service

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title: "14 USC § 3712 - Exclusiveness of service"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "3712"
section_name: "Exclusiveness of service"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD RESERVE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1006, § 711; amended Pub. L. 97–136, § 6(c)(1), (2), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1706; renumbered § 3712, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 118(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233.)"
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# § 3712. Exclusiveness of service

No member of the Reserve, other than a temporary member, may be a member of another military organization. A temporary member of the Reserve who is a member of another military component shall, if ordered to active duty therein, be disenrolled as a temporary member of the Reserve.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1006, § 711; amended Pub. L. 97–136, § 6(c)(1), (2), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1706; renumbered § 3712, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 118(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in  prior to the complete revision of former chapter 21 of this title by .

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1981— struck out provision that a member of the Reserve, other than a temporary member, is exempt from registration and liability for military training and service under any other law, and substituted “Exclusiveness of service” for “Exemption from military training and draft; exclusiveness of service” in section catchline.