---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 502"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "502"
heading: "Administrative practice; Reserves and National Guardsmen"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/502"
units:
  - "Part I — The Agencies Generally"
  - "Chapter 5 — Administrative Procedure"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §502. Administrative practice; Reserves and National Guardsmen


Membership in a reserve component of the armed forces or in the National Guard does not prevent an individual from practicing his civilian profession or occupation before, or in connection with, an [agency](/usc/5/601.md?p=1) of the United States.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 381.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 30r(c) (2d sentence). | Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 29(c) (2d sentence), 70A Stat. 632. |

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.