Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§12243 Warrant Officers: Suspension of Laws for Promotion or Mandatory Retirement or Separation During War or Emergency
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle E— Reserve Components › Part II— PERSONNEL GENERALLY › Chapter 1207— WARRANT OFFICERS › § 12243
Summary
The President may temporarily stop any law about promoting, forcing to retire, or separating permanent reserve warrant officers of any armed force when the country is at war or when Congress or the President declares an emergency after May 29, 1954.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §12243
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In time of war, or of emergency declared after May 29, 1954, by Congress or the President, the President may suspend the operation of any provision of law relating to promotion, or mandatory retirement or separation, of permanent reserve warrant officers of any armed force.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 59910:600p (as applicable to reserve warrant officers).34:330g (as applicable to reserve warrant officers).May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 18 (as applicable to reserve warrant officers), 68 Stat. 165. 34:430d (as applicable to reserve warrant officers). The word “may” is substituted for the words “is authorized, in his discretion”. The words “any provision of law” are substituted for the words “all or any part or parts of the several provisions of law”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 599 of this title as this section.
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions Functions of the President under this section delegated to the Secretary of Defense, see section 1(4) of Ex. Ord. No. 11390, Jan. 22, 1968, 33 F.R. 841, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
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10 U.S.C. § 12243
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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