Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part II · Chapter 43 — Rank and Command
§ 742. Rank: warrant officers
Statutory text
Among warrant officer grades, warrant officer grades of a higher numerical designation are senior to warrant officer grades of a lower numerical designation.
Rank among warrant officers of the same grade, and date of rank of warrant officers, is determined in the same manner as prescribed in section 741 of this title for officers in grades above warrant officer grades.
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.
Warrant Officer Management Act
Pub. L. 102–190 div. A title XI § 1114(a) · 105 Stat. 1290
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 742
(Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1114(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1502.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1114(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1502.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Rank Within Grade.— Chapter 43 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 741 the following new section: “§ 742. Rank: warrant officers “(a) Among warrant officer grades, warrant officer grades of a higher numerical designation are senior to warrant officer grades of a lower numerical designation. “(b) Rank among warrant officers of the same grade, and date of rank of warrant officers, is determined in the same manner as prescribed in section 741 of this title for officers in grades above warrant officer grades.”.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 742, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 34, related to rank of regular officers and reserve officers, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 85–861, § 36B(4), , 72 Stat. 1570.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , see section 1132 of Pub. L. 102–190, set out as an Effective Date of 1991 Amendment note under section 521 of this title.
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1114(a), , 105 Stat. 1502.)