---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 20103"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "20103"
heading: "Members not on sustained duty: agreements concerning conditions of service"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/20103"
units:
  - "Subtitle F — Alternative Military Personnel Systems"
  - "Part I — Space Force"
  - "Chapter 2003 — Status and Participation"
---

# §20103. Members not on sustained duty: agreements concerning conditions of service

- (a) **Agreements.—** The Secretary of the Air Force may enter into a written agreement with a member of the Space Force not on [sustained duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=e-4)—
  - (1) requiring the member to serve on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1) for a definite period of time;
  - (2) specifying the conditions of the member’s service on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1); and
  - (3) for a member serving in a [space force inactive status](/usc/10/101.md?p=e-2), specifying the conditions for the member’s continued service as well as order to [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1) with and without the consent of the member.
- (b) **Conditions of Service.—** An agreement under [subsection (a)](#a) shall specify the conditions of service. The Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe regulations establishing—
  - (1) what conditions of service may be specified in the agreement;
  - (2) the obligations of the parties; and
  - (3) the consequences of failure to comply with the terms of the agreement.
- (c) **Authority for Retention on Active Duty During War or National Emergency.—** If the period of service on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1) of a member under an agreement under [subsection (a)](#a) expires during a war or during a national emergency declared by Congress or the President, the member concerned may be kept on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1), without the consent of the member, as otherwise prescribed by law.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1715, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 628.)