---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 U.S.C. § 301"
title: "32"
title_heading: "National Guard"
number: "301"
heading: "Federal recognition of enlisted members"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/32/301"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Personnel"
---

# §301. Federal recognition of enlisted members


To be eligible for Federal recognition as an [enlisted member](/usc/32/101.md?p=9) of the [National Guard](/usc/32/101.md?p=3), a person must have the qualifications prescribed by the Secretary concerned for the [grade](/usc/32/101.md?p=10), branch, position, and type of unit or organization involved. He becomes federally recognized upon enlisting in a federally recognized unit or organization of the [National Guard](/usc/32/101.md?p=3).


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 601.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 301 | 50:1113(a) (as applicable to enlisted members). | July 9, 1952, ch. 608, § 703(a) (as applicable to enlisted members), 66 Stat. 502. |