10 USC § 7218 - Duties: warrant officers; limitations

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title: "10 USC § 7218 - Duties: warrant officers; limitations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7218"
section_name: "Duties: warrant officers; limitations"
chapter_number: 723
chapter_name: "SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, ASSIGNMENTS, DETAILS, AND DUTIES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 203, § 3548; renumbered § 7218, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(6), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)"
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# § 7218. Duties: warrant officers; limitations

Under regulations prescribed by the President, a warrant officer may be assigned to perform duties that necessarily include those normally performed by a commissioned officer.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 203, § 3548; renumbered § 7218, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(6), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3548 | 10:593 (1st sentence). | Aug. 21, 1941, ch. 384, § 4 (1st sentence), 55 Stat. 653. |

10:593 (1st sentence, less provisos) is omitted as superseded by . 10:593 (last proviso) is omitted as covered by  (article 136(a)(4) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). The words “may be assigned” are substituted for the words “shall be vested with power to”.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7218, , ; , , , repealed by , , , authorized Secretary of Navy to give special recognition to members of naval service for excellence, special service and good conduct in naval service, prior to repeal by , , ; , , .

Prior sections 7219 to 7221 were renumbered sections 8619 to 8621 of this title, respectively.

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .