Pub. L. 82-476, pt. II, ch. 2, sec. 228

Sec. 228. To become an enlisted member of a reserve component an individual shall be enlisted as a Reserve of an Armed Force of the United States and subscribe to the oath prescribed by section 8 of the Act of May 5, 1950, as amended, or be transferred to a reserve component pursuant to law: Provided, That no person shall become an enlisted member of the National Guard of the United States or Air National Guard of the United States, hereunder, unless he first be duly enlisted in the National Guard or Air National Guard of the appropriate State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, subscribe to the oath provided in section 70 of the National Defense Act, as amended, and is a member of a federally recognized unit or organization thereof in the same grade.