USC : Title 32 - NATIONAL GUARD

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This title was enacted by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 2, 70A Stat. 596 Chap. Sec. 1. Organization 101 3. Personnel 301 5. Training 501 7. Service, Supply, and Procurement 701 9. Homeland Defense Activities 901

Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 512(a)(2),Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1880, added item for chapter 9.

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 32
Title 32 Former Sections	Title 32 New Sections
1	T. 10 § 311
2	101; T. 10 § 101
3	T. 10 § 312
4	305, 313
4a	Rep.
4b	101; T. 10 § 101
4c (1st 33 words)	101; T. 10 § 101
4c (less 1st 33 words)	Rep.
5, 6	104
7	Rep.
8	104
9	103
10 (proviso)	104
10 (less proviso)	T. 10 §§ 3542, 8542
11–14	314
15	105
16	104
17	110
18–20	Rep.
21	106
22	107
23	Rep.
24	108
25	Rep.
26	Elim.
31	701
32	Rep.
33	702
34	Rep.
35	702
36	Rep.
37	Elim.
38	Rep.
39, 39a	703
40	Rep.
42, 42a	709
43	Rep.
44	Elim.
45	712
46	711
47	710
47–1, 47a	Elim.
47b, 48	Rep.
49, 50	708
51	Elim.
61	501
62	502
63	503
64	504
65	505
66, 67	506
68, 69	315
70	Rep.
71	507
72	317
73	Rep.
74	707
75	Rep. See T. 5 §§ 502, 3551, 5534, 6323(a), (b)
76	Rep. See T. 5 § 6323(a), (b)
81	Rep.
81a	T. 10 §§ 3500, 8500
81b	T. 10 §§ 3501, 8501
81c	Rep.
82	T. 10 §§ 3499, 8499
83	T. 10 §§ 3502, 8502
84	Rep.
85, 86	Elim.
91	326
92	327
93	328
94	329
95	330
96	331
97	332, 333
111	305, 307
112	312
113	307
113a	Rep.
114	324
115	323; T. 10 §§ 3820, 8820
121, 122	Rep.
123	304
124	302
125	322
131	Rep.
132, 133	303
134	Rep.
141, 142	Elim.
142a–143a	Rep.
144–148	Rep.
149–152	Elim.
153	Rep.
154 (last proviso of 2d par.)	710
154 (2d par., less last proviso)	T. 31 § 698a
154 (last par.)	303, 322, 323
154 (less 2d and last pars.)	Rep. See T. 37 §§ 206(a), (b), 402(b)
155	Rep.
156	705; T. 10 §§ 4621, 9621
157	Rep.
158	503
159, 160	Rep.
160a	318, 321; T. 10 §§ 3687, 3688, 3721, 8687, 8688, 8721
160b	3687 nt.
160c–164	Rep.
164a, 164b	319
164c	Rep.
164d	320; T. 10 §§ 3723, 8723
164e	Rep.
171	Rep.
172, 173	T. 10 § 3015
174	T. 10 §§ 3541, 8541
175	T. 10 §§ 3496, 8496
176	T. 31 § 698
181	T. 10 § 4308
181a	T. 10 § 4312
181b	T. 10 §§ 4312, 4313
181c	T. 10 § 4308
181d, 181e	Elim.
182	T. 10 § 4307
183	316; T. 10 § 4310
184	T. 10 § 4310
185	Rep.
186	T. 10 § 4309
191	Rep.
192, 193	104 nt.
194(b)	109. Rep. in part.
194 (less (b))	109
195	Rep.
196	713

Positive Law; Citation

This title has been made positive law by section 2 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 596, which provided in part that: “Title 32 of the United States Code, entitled ‘National Guard’, is revised, codified, and enacted into law, and may be cited as ‘Title 32, United States Code, § —.’ ”

Repeals

Section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641, repealed the sections or parts of sections of the Revised Statutes or Statutes at Large covering provisions codified in this act, “except with respect to rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before the effective date of this act [Aug. 10, 1956] and except as provided in section 49”.

Savings and Severability Provisions

Section 49 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 640, provided that:

“(a) In sections 1–48 of this Act, it is the legislative purpose to restate, without substantive change, the law replaced by those sections on the effective date of this Act. However, laws effective after March 31, 1955, that are inconsistent with this Act shall be considered as superseding it to the extent of the inconsistency.

“(b) References that other laws, regulations, and orders make to the replaced law shall be considered to be made to the corresponding provisions of sections 1–48.

“(c) Actions taken and offenses committed under the replaced law shall be considered to have been taken or committed under the corresponding provisions of sections 1–48.

“(d) If a part of this Act is invalid, all valid parts that are severable from the invalid part remain in effect. If a part of this Act is invalid in one or more of its applications, the part remains in effect in all valid applications that are severable from the invalid applications.

“(e) In chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code, enacted by section 1 of this Act, no inference of a legislative construction is to be drawn from the part in which any article is placed nor from the catchlines of the part or the article as set out in that chapter.

“(f) The enactment of this Act does not increase or decrease the pay or allowances, including retired pay and retainer pay, of any person.

“(g) The enactment of this Act does not affect the status of persons who, on the effective date of this Act, have the status of warrant officer, of the Army Mine Planter Service.”

Restatement of Suspended or Temporarily Superseded Provisions

Section 50 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 640, provided that: “If on the effective date of this Act a provision of law that is restated in this Act and repealed by section 53 would have been in a suspended or temporarily superseded status but for its repeal, the provisions of this Act that restate that provision have the same suspended or temporarily superseded status.”

Improvement of United States Code by Pub. L. 85–861; Legislative Purpose; Repeal of Inconsistent Provisions; Corresponding Provisions; Savings and Severability Provisions; Status; Repeals

Section 34 ofPub. L. 85–861provided that:

“(a) In sections 1–32 of this Act, it is the legislative purpose to restate, without substantive change, the law replaced by those sections on the effective date of this Act. However, laws effective after December 31, 1957, that are inconsistent with this Act shall be considered as superseding it to the extent of the inconsistency.

“(b) References that other laws, regulations, and orders make to the replaced law shall be considered to be made to the corresponding provisions of sections 1–32.

“(c) Actions taken under the replaced law shall be considered to have been taken under the corresponding provisions of sections 1–32.

“(e) The enactment of this Act does not increase or decrease the pay or allowances, including retired and retainer pay, of any person.”

Section 35 ofPub. L. 85–861provided that: “If on the effective date of this Act [Sept. 2, 1958] a provision of law that is restated in this Act and repealed by section 36 would have been in a suspended or temporarily superseded status but for its repeal, the provisions of this Act that restate that provision have the same suspended or temporarily superseded status.”

Section 36 ofPub. L. 85–861repealed certain laws except with respect to rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun, before Sept. 2, 1958.

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