---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 10202"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "10202"
heading: "Regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/10202"
units:
  - "Subtitle E — Reserve Components"
  - "Part I — Organization and Administration"
  - "Chapter 1007 — Administration of Reserve Components"
---

# §10202. Regulations

- (a) Subject to standards, policies, and procedures prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) of Defense, the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) of each military [department](/usc/10/12521.md?p=5) shall prescribe such regulations as the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) considers necessary to carry out provisions of law relating to the [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) components under the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4)’s jurisdiction.
- (b) The [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) of Homeland Security, with the concurrence of the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) of the Navy, shall prescribe such regulations as the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) considers necessary to carry out all provisions of law relating to the [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) components insofar as they relate to the Coast Guard, except when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy.
- (c) So far as practicable, regulations for all [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) components shall be uniform.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2976; 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 280 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(2)(A).

### Amendments

2002—Subsec. (b). 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.