§ 503. — Participation in field exercises.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 32USC503]
TITLE 32--NATIONAL GUARD
CHAPTER 5--TRAINING
Sec. 503. Participation in field exercises
(a)(1) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe, the
Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case
may be, may provide for the participation of the National Guard in
encampments, maneuvers, outdoor target practice, or other exercises for
field or coast-defense instruction, independently of or in conjunction
with the Army or the Air Force, or both.
(2) Paragraph (1) includes authority to provide for participation of
the National Guard in conjunction with the Army or the Air Force, or
both, in joint exercises for instruction to prepare the National Guard
for response to civil emergencies and disasters.
(b) Amounts necessary for the pay, subsistence, transportation, and
other proper expenses of any part of the National Guard of a State or
Territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia participating in an
exercise under subsection (a) may be set aside from funds allocated to
it from appropriations for field or coast-defense instruction.
(c) Members of the National Guard participating in an exercise under
subsection (a) may, after being mustered, be paid for the period
beginning with the date of leaving home and ending with the date of
return, as determined in advance. If otherwise correct, such a payment
passes to the credit of the disbursing officer.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 610; Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title
XII, Sec. 1234(b)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059; Pub. L. 104-106,
div. A, title V, Sec. 517, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 309.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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503(a)................................ 32:63 (1st 56 words). June 3, 1916, ch. 134, Secs. 94
503(b)................................ 32:63 (less 1st 56 words). (less last 43 words after
503(c)................................ 32:158. semicolon), 98, 39 Stat. 206, 207.
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In subsection (a), the words ``the whole or any part'' and ``any
part of'' are omitted as surplusage. The word ``Army'' is substituted
for the words ``Regular Army'', since the Army is the category that
participates in the exercises, and the Regular Army is a personnel
category only. Similarly, the words ``Air Force'' are used instead of
the words ``Regular Air Force''.
In subsection (b), the words ``Amounts necessary'' are substituted
for the words ``such portion of said funds as may be necessary''. The
words ``participating in an exercise under subsection (a)'' are
substituted for the words ``as shall participate in such encampments,
maneuvers, or other exercises, including outdoor target practice, for
field and coast-defense instruction''. The words ``allocated to it from
appropriations for field or coast-defense instruction'' are substituted
for the words ``appropriated for that purpose and allocated to any
State, Territory, or the District of Columbia''.
In subsection (c), the words ``Members of the National Guard
participating in an exercise under subsection (a)'' are substituted for
the words ``When any portion of the National Guard shall participate in
encampments, maneuvers, or other exercises, including outdoor target
practice, for field or coast-defense instruction, under the provisions
of this title''. The words ``duly'', ``at any time'', ``rendezvous'',
``both dates inclusive'', and ``making the same'' are omitted as
surplusage.
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-106 designated existing provisions as
par. (1) and added par. (2).
1988--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-456 struck out ``the Canal Zone,''
after ``Puerto Rico,''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 101, 715 of this title;
title 5 section 6323; title 10 sections 101, 524, 701, 1054, 1089, 1208,
12732, 12733; title 28 section 2671; title 38 sections 101, 1965, 4312.
