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10 U.S.C. § 574 — Warrant officer active-duty lists; competitive categories; number to be recommended for promotion; promotion zones
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**(a)** The Secretary concerned shall maintain for each armed force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary a single list of all warrant officers (other than warrant officers described in [section 582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section582&num=0&edition=prelim)) who are on active duty.
**(b)** The Secretary concerned may establish competitive categories for promotion. Warrant officers in the same competitive category shall compete among themselves for promotion.
**(c)** Before convening a selection board under [section 573 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section573&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary concerned shall determine for each grade (or grade and competitive category) to be considered by the board the following:
(1) The maximum number of warrant officers to be recommended for promotion.
(2) A promotion zone for warrant officers on the warrant officer active-duty list.
**(d)** The position of a warrant officer on the warrant officer active-duty list shall be determined as follows:
(1) Warrant officers shall be carried in the order of seniority of the grade in which they are serving on active duty.
(2) Warrant officers serving in the same grade shall be carried in the order of their rank in that grade.
(3) A warrant officer on the warrant officer active-duty list who receives a temporary appointment or a temporary assignment in a grade other than a warrant officer grade or chief warrant officer grade shall retain his position on the warrant officer active-duty list while so serving.
**(e)** A chief warrant officer may not be considered for promotion to the next higher grade under this chapter until the officer has completed two years of service on
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**(a)** The Secretary concerned shall maintain for each armed force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary a single list of all warrant officers (other than warrant officers described in [section 582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section582&num=0&edition=prelim)) who are on active duty.
**(b)** The Secretary concerned may establish competitive categories for promotion. Warrant officers in the same competitive category shall compete among themselves for promotion.
**(c)** Before convening a selection board under [section 573 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section573&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary concerned shall determine for each grade (or grade and competitive category) to be considered by the board the following:
(1) The maximum number of warrant officers to be recommended for promotion.
(2) A promotion zone for warrant officers on the warrant officer active-duty list.
**(d)** The position of a warrant officer on the warrant officer active-duty list shall be determined as follows:
(1) Warrant officers shall be carried in the order of seniority of the grade in which they are serving on active duty.
(2) Warrant officers serving in the same grade shall be carried in the order of their rank in that grade.
(3) A warrant officer on the warrant officer active-duty list who receives a temporary appointment or a temporary assignment in a grade other than a warrant officer grade or chief warrant officer grade shall retain his position on the warrant officer active-duty list while so serving.
**(e)** A chief warrant officer may not be considered for promotion to the next higher grade under this chapter until the officer has completed two years of service on active duty in the grade in which the officer is serving.
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Warrant officers in the following categories are not subject to this chapter:
(1) Reserve warrant officers—
(A) on active duty as authorized under section 115(a)(1)(B) or 115(b)(1) of this title, or excluded from counting for active duty end strengths under [section 115(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section115/i&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) on full-time National Guard duty.
(2) Retired warrant officers on active duty (other than retired warrant officers who were recalled to active duty before February 1, 1992, and have served continuously on active duty since that date).
(3) Students enrolled in the Army Physician’s Assistant Program.
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**(a)** Whenever the needs of the services require, but at least once each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the total authorized active-duty strength as of the end of the fiscal year for officers in grades above chief warrant officer, W–5, for each of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department.
**(b)** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of each military department may, for an armed force under his jurisdiction, prescribe the strength of any category of officers that may serve on active duty.
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**(a)**
(1) Whenever the Secretary concerned determines that the needs of the service so require, he shall convene a selection board to recommend for promotion to the next higher warrant officer grade warrant officers on the warrant officer active-duty list who are in the grade of chief warrant officer, W–2, chief warrant officer, W–3, or chief warrant officer, W–4.
(2) Warrant officers serving on the warrant officer active-duty list in the grade of warrant officer, W–1, shall be promoted to the grade of chief warrant officer, W–2, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned. Such regulations shall require that an officer have served not less than 18 months on active duty in the grade of warrant officer, W–1, before promotion to the grade of warrant officer, W–2.
**(b)** A selection board shall consist of five or more officers who are on the active-duty list of the same armed force as the warrant officers under consideration by the board. At least five members of a selection board must be serving in a permanent grade above major or lieutenant commander. The Secretary concerned may appoint warrant officers, senior in grade to those under consideration, as additional members of the selection board. If warrant officers are appointed members of the selection board and if competitive categories have been established by the Secretary under [section 574(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section574/b&num=0&edition=prelim), at least one must be appointed from each warrant officer competitive category under consideration by the board, unless there is an insufficient number of warrant officers in the competitive category concerned who are senior in grade to those under consideration and qualified, as
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**(a)** The regular warrant officer grades in the armed forces corresponding to the pay grades prescribed for warrant officers by [section 201(b) of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section201/b&num=0&edition=prelim) are as follows:Warrant officer grade: Chief warrant officer, W–5. Chief warrant officer, W–4. Chief warrant officer, W–3. Chief warrant officer, W–2. Warrant officer, W–1.
**(b)** Appointments in the grade of regular warrant officer, W–1, shall be made by warrant, except that with respect to an armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary concerned may provide by regulation that appointments in that grade in that armed force shall be made by commission. Appointments in regular chief warrant officer grades shall be made by commission by the President, and appointments (whether by warrant or commission) in the grade of regular warrant officer, W–1, shall be made by the President, except that appointments in that grade in the Coast Guard shall be made by the Secretary concerned.
**(c)** An appointment may not be made in any of the armed forces in the regular warrant officer grade of chief warrant officer, W–5, if the appointment would result in more than 5 percent of the warrant officers of that armed force on active duty being in the grade of chief warrant officer, W–5. In computing the limitation prescribed in the preceding sentence, there shall be excluded warrant officers described in [section 582 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section582&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** A selection board convened under [section 573(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section573/a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall recommend for promotion to the next higher grade those warrant officers considered by the board whom the board, giving due consideration to the needs of the armed force concerned for warrant officers with particular skills, considers best qualified for promotion within each grade (or grade and competitive category) considered by the board.
**(b)**
(1) In the case of a selection board to consider warrant officers for selection for promotion to the grade of chief warrant officer, W–3, chief warrant officer, W–4, or chief warrant officer, W–5, the Secretary concerned shall establish the number of warrant officers that the selection board may recommend from among warrant officers being considered from below the promotion zone within each grade (or grade and competitive category). The number of warrant officers recommended for promotion from below the promotion zone does not increase the maximum number of warrant officers which the board is authorized under [section 574 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section574&num=0&edition=prelim) to recommend for promotion.
(2) The number of officers recommended for promotion from below the promotion zone may not exceed 10 percent of the total number recommended, except that the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy, may authorize such percentage to be increased to not more than 15 percent. If the number determined under this subsection with respect to a promotion zone within a grade (or grade and competitive category) i
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**(a)** The Secretary concerned shall furnish to each selection board convened under [section 573 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section573&num=0&edition=prelim) the following:
(1) The maximum number of warrant officers that may be recommended for promotion from those serving in any grade (or grade and competitive category) to be considered, as determined in accordance with [section 574 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section574&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The names and pertinent records of all officers in each grade (or grade and competitive category) to be considered.
(3) Such information or guidelines relating to the needs of the armed force concerned for warrant officers having particular skills, including guidelines or information relating to the need for either a minimum number or a maximum number of officers with particular skills within a grade or competitive category, as the Secretary concerned determines to be relevant in relation to the requirements of that armed force.
**(b)** From each promotion zone for a grade (or grade and competitive category), the selection board shall recommend for promotion to the next higher warrant officer grade those warrant officers whom it considers best qualified for promotion, but no more than the number specified by the Secretary concerned.
**(c)** The names of warrant officers selected for promotion under this section shall be arranged in the report of such board in the following order of priority:
(1) Warrant officers recommended under [section 575(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section575/e&num=0&edition=prelim) to be placed higher on the promotion list, in th
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 574
the same armed force as the warrant officers
under consideration by the board. At least five
members of a selection board must be serving in
a permanent grade above major or lieutenant
commander. The Secretary concerned may ap-
point warrant officers, senior in grade to those
under consideration, as additional members of
the selection board. If warrant officers are ap-
pointed members of the selection board and if
competitive categories have been established by
the Secretary under section 574(b) of this title,
at least one must be appointed from each war-
rant officer competitive category under consid-
eration by the board, unless there is an insuffi-
cient number of warrant officers in the competi-
tive category concerned who are senior in grade
to those under consideration and qualified, as
determined by the Secretary concerned, to be
appointed as additional members of the board.
The members of a selection board shall rep-
resent the diverse population of the armed force
concerned to the extent practicable.
(c) The Secretary concerned may convene se-
lection boards to recommend regular warrant of-
ficers for continuation on active duty under sec-
tion 580 of this title and for retirement under
section 581 of this title.
(d) When reserve warrant officers of one of the
armed forces are to be considered by a selection
board convened under subsection (a), the mem-
bership of the board shall, if practicable, include
at least one reserve officer of that armed force,
with the exact number of reserve officers to be
determined by the Secretary concerned.
(e) No officer may serve on two consecutive
boards under this section, if the second board
considers any warrant officer who was consid-
ered by the first board.
(
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