---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 14907"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "14907"
heading: "Army National Guard of the United States and Air National Guard of the United States: discharge and withdrawal of Federal recognition of officers absent without leave"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/14907"
units:
  - "Subtitle E — Reserve Components"
  - "Part III — Promotion and Retention of Officers on the Reserve Active-Status List"
  - "Chapter 1411 — Additional Provisions Relating to Involuntary Separation"
---

# §14907. Army National Guard of the United States and Air National Guard of the United States: discharge and withdrawal of Federal recognition of officers absent without leave

- (a) **Authority To Withdraw Federal Recognition.—** If an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) 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) has been absent without leave for three months, the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) of the Army or the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) of the Air Force, as appropriate, may—
  - (1) terminate the [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) appointment of the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1); and
  - (2) withdraw the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’s Federal recognition as an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the [National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-1).
- (b) **Discharge From Reserve Appointment.—** An [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) 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) whose Federal recognition as an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the [National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-1) is withdrawn under [section 323(b) of title 32](/usc/32/323.md?p=b) shall be discharged from the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’s appointment as a [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) of the Army or the Air Force, as the case may be.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2960.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in sections 3820(a), (b) and 8820 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1629(a)(2), (c)(2).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.