Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

50 U.S.C. § 3917

Extension of rights and protections to reserves ordered to report for military service and to persons ordered to report for induction

(a)

Reserves ordered to report for military service

A member of a reserve component who is ordered to report for military service is entitled to the rights and protections of this subchapter and subchapters II and III during the period beginning on the date of the member’s receipt of the order and ending on the date on which the member reports for military service (or, if the order is revoked before the member so reports, or the date on which the order is revoked).

(b)

Persons ordered to report for induction

50 U.S.C. 3801A person who has been ordered to report for induction under the Military Selective Service Act [ et seq.] is entitled to the rights and protections provided a servicemember under this subchapter and subchapters II and III during the period beginning on the date of receipt of the order for induction and ending on the date on which the person reports for induction (or, if the order to report for induction is revoked before the date on which the person reports for induction, on the date on which the order is revoked).

(c)

Member of the Space Force ordered to report for military service

The provisions of subsection (a) apply to a member of the Space Force who is ordered to report for military service in the same manner as to a member of a reserve component who is ordered to report for military service.

Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888Pub. L. 108–189, § 1117 Stat. 2839Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1742(c)(2)137 Stat. 681(, title I, § 106, as added , , ; amended , , .)

Termination of Induction for Training and Service

section 3815(c) of this titleFor provisions relating to termination of induction for training and service in the Armed Forces after , see .

Editorial Notes

References in Text

act June 24, 1948, ch. 62562 Stat. 604section 3801 of this titleThe Military Selective Service Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set out under and Tables.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 516 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Prior Provisions

act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888Oct. 6, 1942, ch. 581, § 456 Stat. 770Pub. L. 102–12, § 9(5)105 Stat. 39Pub. L. 108–189A prior section 106 of , art. I, as added , ; amended , , , related to extension of benefits to persons ordered to report for induction or military service, prior to the general amendment of this Act by .

Amendments

Pub. L. 118–312023—Subsec. (c). added subsec. (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 3 of Pub. L. 108–189section 3901 of this titleSection applicable to any case not final before , see , set out as a note under .