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§7346 Retired lists

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle B— - Army › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 743— - RETIRED GRADE › § 7346

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Army must keep lists that show the names of retired Army personnel. The lists must cover retired commissioned officers of the Regular Army; people who get retired pay under other Army retirement laws (this also covers retired warrant officers or enlisted members who were later made commissioned officers); retired warrant officers; and retired enlisted members of the Regular Army.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §7346

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(a)The Secretary of the Army shall maintain a retired list containing the name of each retired commissioned officer of the Regular Army.
(b)The Secretary shall maintain a retired list containing the name of—
(1)each person entitled to retired pay under any law providing retired pay for commissioned officers of the Army, other than of the Regular Army; and
(2)each retired warrant officer or enlisted member of the Army who is advanced to a commissioned grade.
(c)The Secretary shall maintain a retired list containing the name of each retired warrant officer of the Army.
(d)The Secretary shall maintain a retired list containing the name of each retired enlisted member of the Regular Army.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

1956 Act Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3966(a)3966(b)3966(c)10:1001.10:1036.[No source].
June 29, 1948, ch. 708, §§ 201, 301(a), 62 Stat. 1084, 1087. 3966(d)[No source]. In subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d), the word “maintain” is substituted for the word “establish”, since the lists have been established and are published annually. In subsection (a), the words “Effective upon
June 29, 1948” are omitted as executed. 10:1001 (last 12 words of 1st sentence, and last sentence) is omitted as no longer required, since, upon enactment of this title laws referring to the limited or unlimited retired list will be expressly repealed. Subsection (b)(1) is substituted for the words “all commissioned officers and former commissioned officers of the Army of the United States * * * other than those of the Regular Army * * * heretofore or hereafter granted retirement pay under section 456, 456a, and 1036a of this title, or any law hereafter enacted to provide retirement pay for commissioned officers other than those of the Regular Army”. In subsection (b)(2), the words “who is advanced to a commissioned grade” are substituted for the words “heretofore or hereafter retired under any provision of law who, by reason of service in temporary commissioned grades in the Army of the United States * * * or in any of the respective components thereof, are entitled to be retired with commissioned rank or grade”. Subsections (c) and (d) are inserted, since section 3964 and 3965 of this title refer to service on the retired list as a warrant officer or enlisted member. 1958 Act Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3966(a)3966(b)10 App.:1001.10 App.:1036.
July 24, 1956, ch. 677, § 2(f), (g), 70 Stat. 623.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3966 of this title as this section. 1987—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 100–180 struck out “Regular” before “Army”. 1958—Pub. L. 85–861 struck out provisions in subsecs. (a) and (b) which required annual publication in the official Army Register of the retired list.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 7346

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73