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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part II · Chapter 725 — Rank and Command

§ 7225. Rank: warrant officers

Statutory text

Warrant officers rank next below second lieutenants and rank among themselves within each warrant officer grade under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 205, § 3575 · 70A Stat. 205

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 7225

    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 205, § 3575

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 205, § 3575

  2. John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

    Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 808(b)(7) · 132 Stat. 1636

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 7225

    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3575 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3575 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (7) Chapter 345.— Sections 3572, 3575, 3579, 3581, and 3583 are redesignated as sections 7222, 7225, 7229, 7231, and 7233, respectively.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
357510:593 (less 1st sentence).Aug. 21, 1941, ch. 384, § 4 (less 1st sentence), 55 Stat. 653; May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 19(e), 68 Stat. 167.

10:593 (2d sentence) is omitted as executed. The words “within each warrant officer grade” are inserted for clarity, since section 745 of this title covers rank between warrant officers in different warrant officer grades.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Prior sections 7225 to 7228 were renumbered sections 8625 to 8628 of this title, respectively.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3575 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Credits

1956–2018 · 2 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 205, § 3575
  2. 2018renumbered § 7225, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(7), , 132 Stat. 1838.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 205, § 3575; renumbered § 7225, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(7), , 132 Stat. 1838.)

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