2015 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces (Sections 101 - 18506)
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps (Sections 5001 - 7921)
Part II - Personnel (Sections 5401 - 6522)
Chapter 535 - Grade and Rank of Officers (Sections 5501 - 5508)
Sec. 5503 - Navy and Marine Corps: warrant officer grades
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 535 - GRADE AND RANK OF OFFICERS Sec. 5503 - Navy and Marine Corps: warrant officer grades |
| Contains | section 5503 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 314; Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title XI, §1131(9), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1506. |
| Statutes at Large References | 68 Stat. 157 105 Stat. 1506 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 102-190 |
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The warrant officer grades in the Navy and the Marine Corps are:
(1) Chief warrant officer, W–5.
(2) Chief warrant officer, W–4.
(3) Chief warrant officer, W–3.
(4) Chief warrant officer, W–2.
(5) Warrant officer, W–1.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 314; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, §1131(9), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1506.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 5503 | 34 U.S.C. 135a(a) (less last sentence). | May 29, 1954, ch. 249, §3(a) (less 3d and last sentence), 68 Stat. 157. |
This section is included in subtitle C for completeness and clarity. In duplicates, in part, §§555 and 597 of this title, which cover, respectively, the "permanent regular warrant officer grades" and the "permanent reserve warrant officer grades" in the armed forces. The concept that regular grades differ from reserve grades and that a grade held under a permanent appointment differs from the grade of the same name held under a temporary appointment is foreign to the naval service. In the Navy and the Marine Corps, all officers serving, for example, in the grade of chief warrant officer, W–4, are considered to be serving in the same grade regardless of whether they are Regulars or Reserves and regardless of whether they are temporary or permanent officers holding temporary or permanent appointments in that grade. This section, therefore, lists the four warrant officer grades as applicable to all warrant officers of the naval service.
Reference to the pay grades corresponding to the military grades is omitted as unnecessary for the purpose of this section.
AMENDMENTS1991—Pub. L. 102–190 added par. (1) and redesignated former pars. (1) to (4) as (2) to (5), respectively.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1991 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 102–190 effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 1132 of Pub. L. 102–190, set out as a note under section 521 of this title.
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