10 USC § 577 - Promotions: effect of failure of selection for

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title: "10 USC § 577 - Promotions: effect of failure of selection for"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "577"
section_name: "Promotions: effect of failure of selection for"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, AND INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS ON THE WARRANT OFFICER ACTIVE-DUTY LIST"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1497; amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 503(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1868.)"
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# § 577. Promotions: effect of failure of selection for

section 573 of this title

A warrant officer who has been considered for promotion by a selection board convened under , but not selected, shall be considered for promotion by each subsequent selection board that considers officers in his grade (or grade and competitive category) until he is retired or separated or he is selected for promotion. However, the Secretary concerned may, by regulation, preclude from consideration by a selection board by which he would otherwise be eligible to be considered, a warrant officer who has an established separation date that is within 90 days after the date on which the board is convened or an approved retirement date.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1497; amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 503(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1868.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in  prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

2024— inserted “or an approved retirement date” after “an established separation date that is within 90 days after the date on which the board is convened”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1991 Amendment note under .