10 USC § 8335 - Restoration to former grade: warrant officers and enlisted members

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title: "10 USC § 8335 - Restoration to former grade: warrant officers and enlisted members"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8335"
section_name: "Restoration to former grade: warrant officers and enlisted members"
chapter_number: 841
chapter_name: "VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT"
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: "(Added Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title V, § 512(b), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1090, § 6335; renumbered § 8335 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 807(b)(15), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836, 1840.)"
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# § 8335. Restoration to former grade: warrant officers and enlisted members

section 8334 of this title

Each retired warrant officer or enlisted member of the naval service who has been advanced on the retired list to a higher commissioned grade under , and who applies to the Secretary of the Navy within three months after his advancement, shall, if the Secretary approves, be restored on the retired list to his former warrant officer or enlisted status, as the case may be.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title V, § 512(b), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1090, § 6335; renumbered § 8335 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 807(b)(15), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836, 1840.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section and substituted “section 8334” for “section 6334”.

## 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 .