10 USC § 583 - Definitions

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title: "10 USC § 583 - Definitions"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "583"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, AND INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS ON THE WARRANT OFFICER ACTIVE-DUTY LIST"
part_number: "II"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1501; amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 541(f)(7), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2767.)"
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# § 583. Definitions

In this chapter:

**(1)** The term “promotion zone” means a promotion eligibility category consisting of officers on a warrant officer active-duty list in the same grade (or the same grade and competitive category) who—

**(A)** in the case of grades below chief warrant officer, W–5, have neither (i) failed of selection for promotion to the next higher grade, nor (ii) been removed from a list of warrant officers recommended for promotion to that grade (other than after having been placed on that list after a selection from below the promotion zone); and

**(B)** are senior to the warrant officer designated by the Secretary concerned to be the junior warrant officer in the promotion zone eligible for promotion to the next higher grade.

**(2)** The term “warrant officers above the promotion zone” means a group of officers on a warrant officer active-duty list in the same grade (or the same grade and competitive category) who—

**(A)** are eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade;

**(B)** are in the same grade as warrant officers in the promotion zone; and

**(C)** are senior to the senior warrant officer in the promotion zone.

**(3)** The term “warrant officers below the promotion zone” means a group of officers on a warrant officer active-duty list in the same grade (or the same grade and competitive category) who—

**(A)** are eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade;

**(B)** are in the same grade as warrant officers in the promotion zone; and

**(C)** are junior to the junior warrant officer in the promotion zone.

**1** The active-duty list referred to in section 573(b) of this title includes the active-duty promotion list established by section 41a [^1] of title 14.

See References in Text note below.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1501; amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 541(f)(7), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2767.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in par. (4), was redesignated  by , , , and references to  deemed to refer to such redesignated section, see , set out as a References to Sections of Title 14 as Redesignated by  note preceding , Coast Guard.

### Amendments

1994—Par. (4).  added par. (4).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on the first day of the fourth month beginning after , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

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