32 USC § 713 - Official mail: free transmission

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title: "32 USC § 713 - Official mail: free transmission"
title_number: 32
title_name: "NATIONAL GUARD"
section_number: "713"
section_name: "Official mail: free transmission"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 617.)"
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# § 713. Official mail: free transmission

Units and headquarters of the National Guard, whether or not in Federal service, have the same privilege of free mailing of official matter as the Department of Defense.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 617.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 713 | 32:196. | Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 305, § 643, 67 Stat. 357. |

The word “Hereafter” is omitted as executed. The words “and the Air National Guard” are omitted, since “National Guard”, as defined in , includes the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. The words “Federal service” are substituted for the words “active service of the United States”. The words “mailing of official matter” are substituted for the words “transmission of official mail matter”.