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10 U.S.C. § 247 — Militia duty: exemptions
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**(a)** The following persons are exempt from militia duty:
(1) The Vice President.
(2) The judicial and executive officers of the United States, the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
(3) Members of the armed forces, except members who are not on active duty.
(4) Customhouse clerks.
(5) Persons employed by the United States in the transmission of mail.
(6) Workmen employed in armories, arsenals, and naval shipyards of the United States.
(7) Pilots on navigable waters.
(8) Mariners in the sea service of a citizen of, or a merchant in, the United States.
**(b)** A person who claims exemption because of religious belief is exempt from militia duty in a combatant capacity, if the conscientious holding of that belief is established under such regulations as the President may prescribe. However, such a person is not exempt from militia duty that the President determines to be noncombatant.
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**(a)** The following persons are exempt from militia duty:
(1) The Vice President.
(2) The judicial and executive officers of the United States, the several States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
(3) Members of the armed forces, except members who are not on active duty.
(4) Customhouse clerks.
(5) Persons employed by the United States in the transmission of mail.
(6) Workmen employed in armories, arsenals, and naval shipyards of the United States.
(7) Pilots on navigable waters.
(8) Mariners in the sea service of a citizen of, or a merchant in, the United States.
**(b)** A person who claims exemption because of religious belief is exempt from militia duty in a combatant capacity, if the conscientious holding of that belief is established under such regulations as the President may prescribe. However, such a person is not exempt from militia duty that the President determines to be noncombatant.
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**(a) Authority.—** The Secretary of Defense may pay expenses specified in subsection (b) that the Secretary considers necessary for theater security cooperation.
**(b) Types of Expenses.—** The expenses that may be paid under the authority provided in subsection (a) are the following:
(1) **Personnel expenses.—** — The Secretary of Defense may pay travel, subsistence, and similar personnel expenses of, and special compensation for, the following that the Secretary considers necessary for theater security cooperation:
(A) Defense personnel of friendly foreign governments.
(B) With the concurrence of the Secretary of State, other personnel of friendly foreign governments and non-governmental personnel.
(2) **Administrative services and support for liaison officers.—** — The Secretary of Defense may provide administrative services and support for the performance of duties by a liaison officer of a foreign country while the liaison officer is assigned temporarily to any headquarters in the Department of Defense.
(3) **Travel, subsistence, and medical care for liaison officers.—** — The Secretary of Defense may pay the expenses of a liaison officer in connection with the assignment of that officer as described in paragraph (2) if the assignment is requested by the commander of a combatant command, the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Chief of Space Operations, or the head of a Defense Agency as follows:
(A) Travel and subsistence expenses.
(B) Personal expenses directly necessary to carry out the duties of that officer in connection with that assignment.
(C) Expenses for medical care at a civilian medical facility if—
(i) adequate medical care is no
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 246
(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI,
§ 1661(a)(2)(B), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2980, § 261; re-
numbered § 241, Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII,
§ 1241(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2016—Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 261 of this
title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise pro-
vided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a
note under section 10001 of this title.
CHAPTER 12—THE MILITIA
Sec.
246.
Militia: composition and classes.
247.
Militia duty: exemptions.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2016—Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, § 1241(a)(1),
(o)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497, 2512, renumbered
chapter 13 of this title ‘‘THE MILITIA’’ as chapter 12,
redesignated item 311 ‘‘Militia: composition and class-
es’’ as item 246, and redesignated item 312 ‘‘Militia
duty: exemptions’’ as item 247.
§ 246. Militia: composition and classes
(a) The militia of the United States consists of
all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age
and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32,
under 45 years of age who are, or who have made
a declaration of intention to become, citizens of
the United States and of female citizens of the
United States who are members of the National
Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of
the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of
the members of the militia who are not mem-
bers of the National Guard or the Naval Mili-
tia.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 14, § 311; Pub. L.
85–861, § 1(7), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1439; Pub. L.
103–160, div. A, t
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