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[CITE: 10USC311]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
                         CHAPTER 13--THE MILITIA
 
Sec. 311. 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 members of the National Guard or the Naval 
    Militia.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 14; Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(7), Sept. 
2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1439; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title V, Sec. 524(a), 
Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1656.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                    1956 Act
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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311(a)................................  32:1 (less last 19 words).           Ju
ne 3, 1916, ch. 134, Sec.  57, 39
311(b)................................  32:1 (last 19 words).                 S
tat. 197; June 28, 1947, ch. 162,
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ec.  7 (as applicable to Sec.  57
                                                                              o
f the Act of June 3, 1916, ch.
                                                                              1
34), 61 Stat. 192.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``who have made a declaration of 
intention'' are substituted for the words ``who have or shall have 
declared their intention''. The words ``at least 17 years of age and * * 
* under 45 years of age'' are substituted for the words ``who shall be 
more than seventeen years of age and * * * not more than forty-five 
years of age''. The words ``except as provided in section 313 of title 
32'' are substituted for the words ``except as hereinafter provided'', 
to make explicit the exception as to maximum age.
    In subsection (b), the words ``The organized militia, which consists 
of the National Guard and the Naval Militia'' are substituted for the 
words ``the National Guard, the Naval Militia'', since the National 
Guard and the Naval Militia constitute the organized militia.

                                                    1958 Act
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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311(a)................................  32 App.:1.                           Ju
ly 30, 1956, ch. 789, Sec.  1, 70
                                                                              S
tat. 729.
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    The words ``appointed as . . . under section 4 of this title'' are 
omitted as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-160 substituted ``members'' for 
``commissioned officers''.
    1958--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85-861 included female citizens of the 
United States who are commissioned officers of the National Guard.
