10 USC § 12242 - Warrant officers: promotion

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s12242"
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title: "10 USC § 12242 - Warrant officers: promotion"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "12242"
section_name: "Warrant officers: promotion"
chapter_number: 1207
chapter_name: "WARRANT OFFICERS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL GENERALLY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 26, § 598; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1131(3), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1505; renumbered § 12242, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(d)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2991.)"
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# § 12242. Warrant officers: promotion

The promotion of permanent reserve warrant officers not on the warrant officer active-duty list to permanent reserve warrant officer grades shall be governed by such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 26, § 598; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1131(3), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1505; renumbered § 12242, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(d)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2991.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 598 | 10:600e (last sentence, less applicability to temporary promotions).34:330 (last sentence, less applicability to temporary promotions). | May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 7 (last sentence, less applicability to temporary promotions), 68 Stat. 159. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— renumbered  as this section.

1991— inserted “not on the warrant officer active-duty list” after “reserve warrant officers”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .