§ 7344. Higher grade after 30 years of service: warrant officers and enlisted members

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. 1956

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 231, § 3964 · 70A Stat. 231

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 7344

   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 231, § 3964

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 231, § 3964

2. 1958

   Pub. L. 85–861 § 1(100) · 72 Stat. 1437

   Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 7344

   Pub. L. 85–861 struck out “, after September 8, 1940 and before July 1, 1946” after “Secretary of the Army”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 85–861 struck out “, after September 8, 1940 and before July 1, 1946” after “Secretary of the Army”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 101 is amended by inserting the following new clause after clause (24): “(25) ‘Active status’ means the status of a reserve commissioned officer, other than a commissioned warrant officer, who is not in the inactive Army National Guard or inactive Air National Guard, on an inactive status list, or in the Retired Reserve.”

3. 1984

   Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985

   Pub. L. 98–525 title V § 533(c) · 98 Stat. 2492

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 7344

   Pub. L. 98–525 substituted “highest grade” for “highest temporary grade”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 98–525 substituted “highest grade” for “highest temporary grade”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Sections 3964 and 8964 of such title are amended by striking out “temporary”.

4. 1987

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989

   Pub. L. 100–180 div. A title V § 512(a) · 101 Stat. 1019

   1. Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 7344

      Pub. L. 100–180 substituted “warrant officers and enlisted members” for “Army warrant officers; regular enlisted members” in section catchline

   2. Amended · 10 U.S.C. § 7344

      Pub. L. 100–180 amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Each warrant officer of the Army, and each enlisted member of the Regular Army, who is retired before or after this title is enacted is entitled, when his active service plus his service on the retired list totals 30 years, to be advanced on the retired list to the highest grade in which he served on active duty satisfactorily, as determined by the Secretary of the Army.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 100–180 substituted “warrant officers and enlisted members” for “Army warrant officers; regular enlisted members” in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Each warrant officer of the Army, and each enlisted member of the Regular Army, who is retired before or after this title is enacted is entitled, when his active service plus his service on the retired list totals 30 years, to be advanced on the retired list to the highest grade in which he served on active duty satisfactorily, as determined by the Secretary of the Army.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Army.— Section 3964 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 3964. Higher grade after 30 years of service: warrant officers and enlisted members “(a) Each retired member of the Army covered by subsection (b) who is retired with less than 30 years of active service is entitled, when his active service plus his service on the retired list totals 30 years, to be advanced on the retired list to the highest grade in which he served on active duty satisfactorily (or, in the case of a member of the National Guard, in which he served on full-time duty satisfactorily), as determined by the Secretary of the Army. “(b) This section applies to— “(1) warrant officers of the Army; “(2) enlisted members of the Regular Army; “(3) reserve enlisted members of the Army who, at the time of retirement, are serving on active duty (or, in the case of members of the National Guard, on full-time National Guard duty).”.

5. 2018

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

   Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 808(b)(13) · 132 Stat. 1636

   Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 7344

   Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3964 of this title as this section

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3964 of this title as this section.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (13) Chapter 369.— Sections 3961, 3962, 3963, 3964, 3965, and 3966 are redesignated as sections 7341, 7342, 7343, 7344, 7345, and 7346, 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.

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