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32 U.S.C. § 708 — Property and fiscal officers
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**(a)** The Governor of each State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, and the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, shall, in consultation with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, appoint, designate or detail, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, a qualified commissioned officer of the National Guard of that jurisdiction who is also a commissioned officer of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States, as the case may be, to be the property and fiscal officer of that jurisdiction. If the officer is not on active duty, the President may order him to active duty, with his consent, to serve as a property and fiscal officer.
**(b)** Each property and fiscal officer shall—
(1) receipt and account for all funds and property of the United States in the possession of the National Guard for which he is property and fiscal officer; and
(2) make returns and reports concerning those funds and that property, as required by the Secretary concerned.
**(c)** When he ceases to hold that assignment, a property and fiscal officer resumes his status as an officer of the National Guard.
**(d)** The Secretaries shall prescribe a maximum grade, commensurate with the functions and responsibilities of the office, but not above colonel, for the property and fiscal officer of the United States for the National Guard of each State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
**(e)** The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe joint regulations necessary to carry out subsections (a)–(d).
**(f)** A property and fiscal officer may intrust money to an offi
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**(a)** The Governor of each State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, and the commanding general of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, shall, in consultation with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, appoint, designate or detail, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, a qualified commissioned officer of the National Guard of that jurisdiction who is also a commissioned officer of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States, as the case may be, to be the property and fiscal officer of that jurisdiction. If the officer is not on active duty, the President may order him to active duty, with his consent, to serve as a property and fiscal officer.
**(b)** Each property and fiscal officer shall—
(1) receipt and account for all funds and property of the United States in the possession of the National Guard for which he is property and fiscal officer; and
(2) make returns and reports concerning those funds and that property, as required by the Secretary concerned.
**(c)** When he ceases to hold that assignment, a property and fiscal officer resumes his status as an officer of the National Guard.
**(d)** The Secretaries shall prescribe a maximum grade, commensurate with the functions and responsibilities of the office, but not above colonel, for the property and fiscal officer of the United States for the National Guard of each State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
**(e)** The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe joint regulations necessary to carry out subsections (a)–(d).
**(f)** A property and fiscal officer may intrust money to an officer of the National Guard to make disbursements as his agent. Both the officer to whom money is intrusted, and the property and disbursing officer intrusting the money to him, are pecuniarily responsible for that money to the United States. The agent officer is subject, for misconduct as an agent, to the liabilities and penalties prescribed by law in like cases for the property and fiscal officer for whom he is acting.
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of the Army, and the Secretary of the Air Force, shall develop and prescribe a charter for the National Guard Bureau. The charter shall reflect the full scope of the duties and activities of the Bureau, including the following matters:
(1) Allocating unit structure, strength authorizations, and other resources to the Army National Guard of the United States and the Air National Guard of the United States.
(2) The role of the National Guard Bureau in support of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force.
(3) Prescribing the training discipline and training requirements for the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard and the allocation of Federal funds for the training of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard.
(4) Ensuring that units and members of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard are trained by the States in accordance with approved programs and policies of, and guidance from, the Chief, the Secretary of the Army, and the Secretary of the Air Force.
(5) Monitoring and assisting the States in the organization, maintenance, and operation of National Guard units so as to provide well-trained and well-equipped units capable of augmenting the active forces in time of war or national emergency.
(6) Planning and administering the budget for the Army National Guard of the United States and the Air National Guard of the United States.
(7) Supervising the acquisition and supply of, and accountability of the States for, Federal property issued to the National Guard through the property and fiscal officers designated, detailed, or appointed under [section 708 of title 32](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granule
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**(a) Limitations.—**
(1) Of the total number of members of a reserve component who are serving on full-time reserve component duty at the end of any fiscal year, the number of those members who may be serving in each of the grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel may not, as of the end of that fiscal year, exceed the number determined in accordance with the following table: Total number of members of a reserve component serving on full-time reserve component duty:Number of officers of that reserve component who may be serving in the grade of: MajorLieutenant ColonelColonel Army Reserve: 10,0001,390740230 11,0001,529803242 12,0001,668864252 13,0001,804924262 14,0001,940984272 15,0002,0751,044282 16,0002,2101,104291 17,0002,3451,164300 18,0002,4791,223309 19,0002,6131,282318 20,0002,7471,341327 21,0002,8771,400336 Army National Guard: 20,0001,500850325 22,0001,650930350 24,0001,7901,010378 26,0001,9301,085395 28,0002,0701,168420 30,0002,2001,245445 32,0002,3301,315460 34,0002,4501,385470 36,0002,5701,455480 38,0002,6701,527490 40,0002,7701,590500 42,0002,8371,655505 Marine Corps Reserve: 1,000996320 1,2001036721 1,3001077022 1,4001117323 1,5001147624 1,6001177925 1,7001208226 1,8001238527 1,9001268828 2,0001299129 2,1001329430 2,2001349731 2,30013610032 2,40014310534 2,50014910935 2,60015511336 2,70016111837 2,80016712239 2,90017312641 3,00017913042 Air Force Reserve 1,000166170100 1,500245251143 2,000322330182 2,500396406216 3,000467479246 3,500536550271 4,000602618292 4,500665683308 5,000726746320 5,500784806325 6,000840864327 7,000962990347 8,0001,0871,110356 10,0001,3221,362395 Air National Guard: 10,000763745333 12,000915923377 14,0001,0651,057402 16,0001,2111,185426 18,0001,3471,313450 20,0001,4631,440468 22,0001,6061,569494 24,0001,7391,697517 26,0001,87
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Notwithstanding chapters 843, 1407, and 1409 of this title, a reserve commissioned officer, other than a commissioned warrant officer, who is assigned to the Selective Service System or who is a property and fiscal officer appointed, designated, or detailed under [section 708 of title 32](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title32-section708&num=0&edition=prelim), may be retained in an active status in that assignment or position until he becomes 62 years of age.
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**(a)** Whenever the needs of the services require, but at least once each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the total authorized active-duty strength as of the end of the fiscal year for officers in grades above chief warrant officer, W–5, for each of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department.
**(b)** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of each military department may, for an armed force under his jurisdiction, prescribe the strength of any category of officers that may serve on active duty.
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**(a)**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (c), of the total number of commissioned officers serving on active duty in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps at the end of any fiscal year (excluding officers in categories specified in subsection (b)), the number of officers who may be serving on active duty in each of the grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel may not, as of the end of such fiscal year, exceed a number determined in accordance with the following table: Total number of commissioned officers (excluding officers in categories specified in subsection (b)) on active duty:Number of officers who may be serving on active duty in grade of: MajorLieutenant ColonelColonel 1 Table heading editorially supplied. Army: 20,0007,7685,2531,613 25,0008,6895,6421,796 30,0009,6116,0301,980 35,00010,5326,4192,163 40,00011,4546,8072,347 45,00012,3757,1962,530 50,00013,2977,5842,713 55,00014,2187,9732,897 60,00015,1408,3613,080 65,00016,0618,7503,264 70,00016,9839,1383,447 75,00017,9039,5273,631 80,00018,8259,9153,814 85,00019,74610,3043,997 90,00020,66810,6924,181 95,00021,58911,0814,364 100,00022,51111,4694,548 110,00024,35412,2464,915 120,00026,19713,0235,281 130,00028,04013,8005,648 170,00035,41216,9087,116 Air Force: 35,0009,2167,0902,125 40,00010,0257,4782,306 45,00010,8357,8662,487 50,00011,6458,2532,668 55,00012,4548,6412,849 60,00013,2649,0293,030 65,00014,0739,4173,211 70,00014,8839,8053,392 75,00015,69310,1933,573 80,00016,50210,5823,754 85,00017,31210,9713,935 90,00018,12111,3604,115 95,00018,93111,7494,296 100,00019,74112,1384,477 105,00020,55012,5274,658 110,00021,36012,9154,838 115,00022,16913,3045,019 120,00022,97913,6925,200 125,00023,78914,0815,381 Marine Corps: 10,0002,8021,615633 12,5003,2471,768658 15,0003,6911,922684 17,5004,1352,076710 20,0004
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**(a)** Whenever the needs of the service require, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall convene selection boards to recommend for promotion to the next higher permanent grade, under subchapter II of this chapter, officers on the active-duty list in each permanent grade from first lieutenant through brigadier general in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force and from lieutenant (junior grade) through rear admiral (lower half) in the Navy. The preceding sentence does not require the convening of a selection board in the case of officers in the permanent grade of first lieutenant or, in the case of the Navy, lieutenant (junior grade) when the Secretary concerned recommends for promotion to the next higher grade under [section 624(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section624/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim) all such officers whom the Secretary finds to be fully qualified for promotion.
**(b)** Whenever the needs of the service require, the Secretary of the military department concerned may convene selection boards to recommend officers for continuation on active duty under [section 637 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section637&num=0&edition=prelim) or for early retirement under [section 638 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section638&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)** The convening of selection boards under subsections (a) and (b) shall be under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
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Officers in the following categories are not subject to this chapter (other than section 640 and, in the case of warrant officers, section 628):
(1) Reserve officers—
(A) on active duty authorized under section 115(a)(1)(B) or 115(b)(1) of this title, or excluded from counting for active duty end strengths under [section 115(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section115/i&num=0&edition=prelim);
(B) on active duty under section 7038, 8083, 8084, 9038, 10211, 10301 through 10305, 10502, 10505, 10506(a), 10506(b), 10507, or 12402 of this title or [section 708 of title 32](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title32-section708&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(C) on full-time National Guard duty.
(2) The director of admissions, dean, and permanent professors at the United States Military Academy, the registrar, dean, and permanent professors at the United States Air Force Academy, and permanent professors of the Navy (as defined in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy).
(3) Warrant officers.
(4) Retired officers on active duty.
(5) Students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
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**(a)** Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), when an enlisted member of an armed force is discharged, the exterior articles of uniform in his possession that were issued to him, other than those that he may wear from the place of discharge to his home under [section 772(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section772/d&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be retained for military use.
**(b)** When an enlisted member of an armed force is discharged for bad conduct, undesirability, unsuitability, inaptitude, or otherwise than honorably—
(1) the exterior articles of uniform in his possession shall be retained for military use;
(2) under such regulations as the Secretary concerned prescribes, a suit of civilian clothing and an overcoat when necessary, both to cost not more than $30, may be issued to him; and
(3) if he would be otherwise without funds to meet his immediate needs, he may be paid an amount, fixed by the Secretary concerned, of not more than $25.
**(c)** When an enlisted member of the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard who has been called into Federal service is released from that service, the exterior articles of uniform in his possession shall be accounted for as property issued to the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as the case may be, of the State or territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia of whose Army National Guard or Air National Guard he is a member, as prescribed in [section 708 of title 32](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title32-section708&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 32—NATIONAL GUARD
§ 708
sufficient to accomplish their peacetime mission
shall be returned with them.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 613.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
706 ..........
50:1122(b) (last 17 words.)
July 9, 1952, ch. 608,
§ 712(b) (last 17 words),
66 Stat. 504.
The words ‘‘So far as practicable’’ are inserted, since
sufficient arms and equipment might not be available.
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 325(b) of this title, referred to in text, was re-
designated section 325(c) of this title by Pub. L. 110–417,
[div. A], title V, § 517(b)(1), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4442.
§ 707. Use of public buildings for offices by in-
structors
Whenever practicable, instructors of the Na-
tional Guard shall use State armories or other
public buildings for offices.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 614.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
707 ..........
32:74.
May 12, 1917, ch. 12 (10th
proviso under ‘‘Na-
tional Guard’’), 40
Stat. 68.
The word ‘‘instructors’’ is substituted for the words
‘‘inspector-instructors’’, since there are no longer any
‘‘inspector-instructors’’.
§ 708. Property and fiscal officers
(a) The Governor of each State, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Is-
lands, and the commanding general of the Na-
tional Guard of the District of Columbia, shall,
in consultation with the Chief of the National
Guard Bureau, appoint, designate or detail, sub-
ject to the approval of the Secretary of the
Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, a
qualified commissioned officer of the National
Guard of that jurisdiction who is also a commis-
sioned officer of the Arm
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