---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 U.S.C. § 706"
title: "32"
title_heading: "National Guard"
number: "706"
heading: "Return of arms and equipment upon relief from Federal service"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/32/706"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — Service, Supply, and Procurement"
---

# §706. Return of arms and equipment upon relief from Federal service


So far as practicable, whenever units, organizations, or members of the [National Guard](/usc/32/101.md?p=3) are returned to their [National Guard](/usc/32/101.md?p=3) status under [section 325(b)](/usc/32/325.md?p=b)[^1] of this title, arms and equipment that the Secretary concerned determines are sufficient to accomplish their peacetime mission shall be returned with them.


## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 613.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 706 | 50:1122(b) (last 17 words.) | July 9, 1952, ch. 608, § 712(b) (last 17 words), 66 Stat. 504. |

The words “So far as practicable” are inserted, since sufficient arms and equipment might not be available.

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 325(b) of this title, referred to in text, was redesignated section 325(c) of this title by Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, § 517(b)(1), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4442.