10 USC § 9222 - Rank: commissioned officers serving under temporary appointments

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title: "10 USC § 9222 - Rank: commissioned officers serving under temporary appointments"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9222"
section_name: "Rank: commissioned officers serving under temporary appointments"
chapter_number: 925
chapter_name: "RANK AND COMMAND"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 529, § 8572; renumbered § 9222, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(6), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3811.)"
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# § 9222. Rank: commissioned officers serving under temporary appointments

The President may, in accordance with the needs of the Air Force or the Space Force, adjust dates of rank of commissioned officers of the Air Force or the Space Force serving in temporary grades.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 529, § 8572; renumbered § 9222, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(c)(6), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3811.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8572 | 10:506d(c) (last sentence). | Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512, § 515(c) (last sentence), 61 Stat. 907. |

The word “commissioned” is inserted for clarity, since the source statute related only to commissioned officers. The words “in his discretion, from time to time” are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— inserted “or the Space Force” after “the Air Force” in two places.

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 .