Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§583 Definitions

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 33A — APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, AND INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS ON THE WARRANT OFFICER ACTIVE-DUTY LIST › § 583

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Tells who counts as being in the promotion zone, above it, or below it, and what active-duty list is included. Promotion zone means a group of warrant officers on the active-duty list in the same rank (or the same rank and competitive category) who, for ranks below chief warrant officer, W–5, have not been passed over for promotion or taken off a recommended promotion list (except if they were placed on that list after being selected from below the promotion zone), and who are more senior than the junior officer the Secretary names as the lowest eligible member. Warrant officers above the promotion zone are officers in the same rank who are eligible for promotion and are senior to the top member of the promotion zone. Warrant officers below the promotion zone are officers in the same rank who are eligible for promotion and are junior to the lowest member of the promotion zone. The active-duty list mentioned in section 573(b) includes the active-duty promotion list created by section 41a of title 14.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §583

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In this chapter:
(1)The term “promotion zone” means a promotion eligibility category consisting of officers on a warrant officer active-duty list in the same grade (or the same grade and competitive category) who—
(A)in the case of grades below chief warrant officer, W–5, have neither (i) failed of selection for promotion to the next higher grade, nor (ii) been removed from a list of warrant officers recommended for promotion to that grade (other than after having been placed on that list after a selection from below the promotion zone); and
(B)are senior to the warrant officer designated by the Secretary concerned to be the junior warrant officer in the promotion zone eligible for promotion to the next higher grade.
(2)The term “warrant officers above the promotion zone” means a group of officers on a warrant officer active-duty list in the same grade (or the same grade and competitive category) who—
(A)are eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade;
(B)are in the same grade as warrant officers in the promotion zone; and
(C)are senior to the senior warrant officer in the promotion zone.
(3)The term “warrant officers below the promotion zone” means a group of officers on a warrant officer active-duty list in the same grade (or the same grade and competitive category) who—
(A)are eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade;
(B)are in the same grade as warrant officers in the promotion zone; and
(C)are junior to the junior warrant officer in the promotion zone.
(4)The active-duty list referred to in section 573(b) of this title includes the active-duty promotion list established by section 41a of title 14.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 41a of title 14, referred to in par. (4), was redesignated section 2102 of title 14 by Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216, and references to section 41a of title 14 deemed to refer to such redesignated section, see section 123(b)(1) of Pub. L. 115–282, set out as a References to Sections of Title 14 as Redesignated by Pub. L. 115–282 note preceding section 101 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

Amendments

1994—Par. (4). Pub. L. 103–337 added par. (4).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–337 effective on the first day of the fourth month beginning after Oct. 5, 1994, see section 541(h) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 571 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 1132 of Pub. L. 102–190, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1991 Amendment note under section 521 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 583

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110