Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or the Space Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
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Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or the Space Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
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§ 1385. Use of Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air
Force, and Space Force as posse comitatus
Whoever, except in cases and under cir-
cumstances expressly authorized by the Con-
stitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any
part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps,
the Air Force, or the Space Force as a posse
comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than two years, or both.
(Added Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 18(a), 70A Stat.
626; amended Pub. L. 86–70, § 17(d), June 25, 1959,
73 Stat. 144; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII,
§ 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L.
117–81, div. A, title X, § 1045(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135
Stat. 1904.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
1385 .........
10:15.
June 18, 1878, ch. 263, § 15,
20 Stat. 152; Mar. 3,
1899, ch. 429, § 363 (pro-
viso); added June 6,
1900, ch. 786, § 29 (less
last proviso), 31 Stat.
330.
This section is revised to conform to the style and
terminology used in title 18. It is not enacted as a part
of title 10, United States Code, since it is more properly
allocated to title 18.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2021—Pub. L. 117–81 substituted ‘‘Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, Air Force, and Space Force’’ for ‘‘Army and Air
Force’’ in section catchline, and in text substituted
‘‘Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps,’’ for ‘‘Army or’’
and inserted ‘‘, or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘fined under this
title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $10,000’’.
1959—Pub. L. 86–70 struck out provisions which made
section inapplicable in Alaska.
§ 1386. Keys and keyways used in security appli-
cations by the Department of Defense
(a)(1) Whoever steals,