---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 7131"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "7131"
heading: "Definition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/7131"
units:
  - "Subtitle B — Army"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 713 — Enlistments"
---

# §7131. Definition


In this chapter, the term “enlistment” means [original](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-10) enlistment or reenlistment.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 177, § 3251; Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XII, § 1231(19)(A), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1161; renumbered § 7131, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 3251 | [No source]. | [No source]. |

The revised section is inserted for clarity.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3251 of this title as this section.

1987—Pub. L. 100–180 inserted “, the term” after “In this chapter”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.