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[CITE: 10USC12241]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
                      PART II--PERSONNEL GENERALLY
 
                     CHAPTER 1207--WARRANT OFFICERS
 
Sec. 12241. Warrant officers: grades; appointment, how made; 
        term
        
    (a) The permanent reserve warrant officer grades in each armed force 
are those prescribed for regular warrant officers by section 571(a) of 
this title.
    (b) Appointments made in the permanent reserve grade of warrant 
officer, W-1, shall be made by warrant by the Secretary concerned. 
Appointments made in a permanent reserve grade of chief warrant officer 
shall be made by commission by the Secretary concerned.
    (c) Appointments as Reserves in permanent warrant officer grades are 
for an indefinite term and are held during the pleasure of the Secretary 
concerned.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 26, Sec. 597; Pub. L. 99-145, title 
V, Sec. 531(b), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 633; Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, 
title XI, Sec. 1131(2), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1505; renumbered 
Sec. 12241, Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1662(d)(2), Oct. 5, 
1994, 108 Stat. 2991.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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597(a)................................  10:600a(a) (less 3d and last         Ma
y 29, 1954, ch. 249, Secs.  3(a)
                                         sentences, as applicable to          (
less last sentence, as applicable
                                         permanent reserve appointments).     t
o permanent reserve
                                        34:135a(a) (less last sentence, as    a
ppointments), 5(a) (last
                                         applicable to permanent reserve      s
entence, as applicable to
                                         appointments).                       p
ermanent reserve appointments),
                                                                              6
8 Stat. 157, 159.
597(b)................................  10:600a(a) (3d sentence, as          Ju
ly 9, 1952, ch. 608, Secs.  220,
                                         applicable to permanent reserve      2
23, 224 (less 3d and 4th
                                         appointments).                       s
entences, and less applicability
                                        10:600c(a) (last sentence, as         t
o commissioned officers), 66
                                         applicable to permanent reserve      S
tat. 487.
                                         appointments).
                                        34:135a(a) (last sentence, as
                                         applicable to permanent reserve
                                         appointments).
                                        34:135c(a) (last sentence, as
                                         applicable to permanent reserve
                                         appointments).
                                        50:944.
597(c)................................  50:947.
                                        50:948 (less 3d and 4th sentences,
                                         and less applicability to
                                         commissioned officers).
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    In subsection (b), the words ``W-4, W-3, and W-2'' and ``persons'' 
are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (c), the words ``After July 9, 1952'' are omitted as 
executed. 50:948 (2d and last sentence) is omitted as executed.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-337 renumbered section 597 of this title as this 
section.
    1991--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-190 substituted ``section 571(a)'' 
for ``section 555(a)''.
    1985--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-145 amended subsec. (b) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: ``Reserve chief warrant 
officers of the Army and the Air Force shall be appointed in those 
grades, by warrant, by the Secretary concerned. Permanent reserve chief 
warrant officers of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard shall be 
appointed in those grades, by commission, by the Secretary concerned. 
Permanent reserve warrant officers, W-1, shall be appointed in those 
grades, by warrant, by the Secretary concerned.''


                    Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-190 effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 
1132 of Pub. L. 102-190, set out as a note under section 521 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

    Section 531(d) of Pub. L. 99-145 provided that: ``This section 
[amending this section and section 555 of this title and enacting 
provisions set out below] takes effect six months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act [Nov. 8, 1985].''


                Transition Provisions for 1985 Amendment

    Section 531(c) of Pub. L. 99-145 provided that:
    ``(1) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) [amending this 
section and section 555 of this title] apply to any appointment of a 
warrant officer or chief warrant officer on or after the effective date 
of this section [see Effective Date of 1985 Amendment note above].
    ``(2) An officer who on the effective date of this section is 
serving in a chief warrant officer grade under an appointment by warrant 
may be appointed in that grade by commission under section 555(b) or 
597(b) [now 12241(b)] of title 10, United States Code, as appropriate. 
The date of rank of an officer who receives an appointment under this 
paragraph is the date of rank for the officer's appointment by warrant 
to that grade.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 591 of this title.
