---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 10146"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "10146"
heading: "Ready Reserve: transfer from"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/10146"
units:
  - "Subtitle E — Reserve Components"
  - "Part I — Organization and Administration"
  - "Chapter 1005 — Elements of Reserve Components"
---

# §10146. Ready Reserve: transfer from

- (a) Subject to [subsection (c)](#c) and under regulations prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) of Defense, or by the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, a member in the Ready [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) may be transferred to the Standby [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6).
- (b) A [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) who is qualified and so requests may be transferred to the Retired [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) under regulations prescribed by the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-9) and, in the case of the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) of a military [department](/usc/10/12521.md?p=5), approved by the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) of Defense.
- (c) A member of the [Army National Guard of the United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-3) or the [Air National Guard of the United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-5) may be transferred to the Standby [Reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) only with the consent of the governor or other appropriate authority of the [State](/usc/10/18232.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2973; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 269(e)–(g) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(2)(A).

### Amendments

2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.

### Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.