---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 719"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "719"
heading: "Department of Commerce: assignment or detail of members of the armed forces to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/719"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 41 — Special Appointments, Assignments, Details, and Duties"
---

# §719. Department of Commerce: assignment or detail of members of the armed forces to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Upon the request of the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Commerce, the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) may assign or detail members of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) under his jurisdiction for duty in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Commerce, with reimbursement from the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Commerce. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member so assigned or detailed may exercise the [functions](/usc/10/467.md?p=1), and assume the title, of any position in that Administration without affecting his status as a member of an armed force, but he is not entitled to the compensation fixed for that position.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 89–683, § 1(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 960; amended Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 511(23)(A), (B), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2921.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1980—Pub. L. 96–513 substituted “of members of the armed forces to National Oceanic and Atmospheric” for “to Environmental Science Services” in section catchline, and substituted “National Oceanic and Atmospheric” for “Environmental Science Services” in text.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.