The adjutant general or an assistant adjutant general of the Army National Guard of a State may, upon being extended Federal recognition, be appointed as a reserve officer of the Army as of the date on which he is so recognized.
The adjutant general or an assistant adjutant general of the Air National Guard of a State may be appointed in the reserve commissioned grade in which Federal recognition in the Air National Guard is extended to him.
(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(c)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2990.)