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[CITE: 10USC331]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
                        CHAPTER 15--INSURRECTION
 
Sec. 331. Federal aid for State governments

    Whenever there is an insurrections in any State against its 
government, the President may, upon the request of its legislature or of 
its governor if the legislature cannot be convened, call into Federal 
service such of the militia of the other States, in the number requested 
by that State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers 
necessary to suppress the insurrection.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 15.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)               Source (Statutes at Large)
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331...................................  50:201.                              R.S. 5297.
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    The words ``armed forces'' are substituted for the words ``land or 
naval forces of the United States''. The word ``governor'' is 
substituted for the word ``executive''. The word ``may'' is substituted 
for the words ``it shall be lawful * * * to''. The words ``into Federal 
service'' are substituted for the word ``forth'' for uniformity and 
clarity.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 5 section 6323.