Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§9218 Duties: Warrant Officers; Limitations
Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 923 — SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS, ASSIGNMENTS, DETAILS, AND DUTIES › § 9218
Summary
The President can make rules that allow a warrant officer to be given duties that include tasks usually done by a commissioned officer.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9218
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Under regulations prescribed by the President, a warrant officer may be assigned to perform duties that necessarily include those normally performed by a commissioned officer.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 854810:593 (1st sentence).Aug. 21, 1941, ch. 384, § 4 (1st sentence), 55 Stat. 653. 10:593 (1st sentence, less provisos) is omitted as superseded by section 8012(e) of this title. 10:593 (last proviso) is omitted as covered by section 936(a)(4) of this title (article 136(a)(4) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). The words “may be assigned” are substituted for the words “shall be vested with power to”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 8548 of this title as this section.
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.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 9218
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102