---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 723"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "723"
heading: "Support of civil authorities: requirement for use of members of the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement personnel"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/723"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 41 — Special Appointments, Assignments, Details, and Duties"
---

# §723. Support of civil authorities: requirement for use of members of the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement personnel

- (a) **Response to Civil Disturbances.—** Whenever a member of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) (including the [National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-1)) or Federal law enforcement personnel provide support to Federal authorities to respond to a civil disturbance, each individual employed in the capacity of providing such support shall visibly display—
  - (1) the individual’s name or other individual identifier that is unique to that individual; and
  - (2) the name of the armed force, Federal entity, or other organization by which such individual is employed.
- (b) **Support to Civilian Law Enforcement Agencies by Members of the Armed Forces.—** Whenever a member of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) (including the [National Guard](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-1)) provides support to civilian law enforcement [agencies](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3), each such member providing such support shall visibly display the name of the armed force in which such member operates.
- (c) **Exception.—** The requirements under subsections [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) shall not apply to individuals referred to in any such subsection who—
  - (1) do not wear a uniform or other distinguishing clothing or equipment in the [regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) performance of their official duties; or
  - (2) are engaged in undercover operations in the [regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) performance of their official duties.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, § 1064(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3860; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title X, § 1043(a)(1), (b)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1037.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60, § 1043(b)(1), substituted “civil authorities” for “Federal authorities in response to civil disturbances” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1043(a)(1), substituted “Response to Civil Disturbances” for “Requirement” in heading.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1043(a)(3), added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c).

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 119–60, § 1043(a)(2), (4), redesignated subsec. (b) as (c) and, in introductory provisions, substituted “requirements under subsections (a) and (b)” for “requirement under subsection (a)” and “any such subsection” for “such subsection”.