32 U.S.C. § 109 : US Code - Section 109: Maintenance of other troops

Search 32 U.S.C. § 109 : US Code - Section 109: Maintenance of other troops

(a) In time of peace, a State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands may maintain
no troops other than those of its National Guard and defense forces
authorized by subsection (c).
(b) Nothing in this title limits the right of a State, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the
Virgin Islands to use its National Guard or its defense forces
authorized by subsection (c) within its borders in time of peace,
or prevents it from organizing and maintaining police or
constabulary.
(c) In addition to its National Guard, if any, a State, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, or the
Virgin Islands may, as provided by its laws, organize and maintain
defense forces. A defense force established under this section may
be used within the jurisdiction concerned, as its chief executive
(or commanding general in the case of the District of Columbia)
considers necessary, but it may not be called, ordered, or drafted
into the armed forces.
(d) A member of a defense force established under subsection (c)
is not, because of that membership, exempt from service in the
armed forces, nor is he entitled to pay, allowances, subsistence,
transportation, or medical care or treatment, from funds of the
United States.
(e) A person may not become a member of a defense force
established under subsection (c) if he is a member of a reserve
component of the armed forces.