36 USC § 30501 - Definition

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s30501"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "36 USC § 30501 - Definition"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "30501"
section_name: "Definition"
chapter_number: 305
chapter_name: "BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA, INC."
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1319.)"
---


# § 30501. Definition

For purposes of this chapter, “Armed Forces” includes the United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marines, United States Air Force, United States Coast Guard, National Guard, United States Army Reserves, United States Navy Reserves, United States Marine Reserves, United States Air Force Reserves, United States Coast Guard Reserves, United States Naval Militia, merchant marines, and armed home guards who have served on active duty.

---

**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1319.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 30501 | 36:945 (last sentence). | July 14, 1960, Pub. L. 86–653, § 5 (last sentence), 74 Stat. 516. |

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .