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type: "LegalText"
title: "10 U.S.C. § 20002"
description: "Members: duty status"
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kind: "code_section"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
chapter_number: "2001"
chapter_name: "SPACE FORCE PERSONNEL SYSTEM"
section: "20002"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 20002"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 20002 - Members: duty status

## Text

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, each member of the Space Force shall be placed in one of the following duty statuses:

(1) Space Force active status.

(2) Space Force inactive status.

(3) Space Force retired status.

(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1714, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 626.)