10 USC 1293 - Twenty years or more: warrant officers

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
1293	10:600(d) (as applicable to 10:600l(a)). 10:600l(a). 34:135(d) (as applicable to 34:430(a)). 34:430(a).	May 29, 1954, ch. 249, §§ 2(d) (as applicable to § 14(a)), 14(a), 68 Stat. 157, 162.

Historical and Revision Notes

1293

10:600(d) (as applicable to 10:600l(a)).

10:600l(a).

34:135(d) (as applicable to 34:430(a)).

34:430(a).

May 29, 1954, ch. 249, §§ 2(d) (as applicable to § 14(a)), 14(a), 68 Stat. 157, 162.

The words, “The Secretary concerned may * * * retire” are substituted for the words “may * * * and in the discretion of the Secretary, be retired”. 10:600l(a) (last 14 words) and 34:430(a) (last 14 words) are omitted as covered by section 1315 of this title.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 511 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, referred to in text, is section 511 of act Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, which was formerly set out as a note under section 580 of this title.

Amendments

1962—Puspan. L. 87–649 substituted “section 511 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended (70 Stat. 114)” for “section 311 of title 37.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1962 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 87–649 effective Nov. 1, 1962, see section 15 of Puspan. L. 87–649, set out as a note preceding section 101 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

Renewal of Temporary Early Retirement Authority

Puspan. L. 112–213, title II, § 219, Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1558, as amended by Puspan. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXII [LXXXII], § 8213, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4650, provided that: “For fiscal years 2019 through 2025—

“(1) notwithstanding subsection (c)(1) of section 4403 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 [Puspan. L. 102–484] (10 U.S.C. 1293 note), such section shall apply to the Coast Guard in the same manner and to the same extent it applies to the Department of Defense, except that—

“(A) the Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement such section with respect to the Coast Guard and, for purposes of that implementation, shall apply the applicable provisions of title 14, United States Code, relating to retirement of Coast Guard personnel; and

“(B) the total number of commissioned officers who retire pursuant to this section may not exceed 200, and the total number of enlisted members who retire pursuant to this section may not exceed 300; and

“(2) only appropriations available for necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard shall be expended for the retired pay of personnel who retire pursuant to this section.”

Temporary Early Retirement Authority

Puspan. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(span) [title VIII, § 8053], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–71, 3009–99, provided that: “During the current fiscal year and hereafter, appropriations available for the pay and allowances of active duty members of the Armed Forces shall be available to pay the retired pay which is payable pursuant to section 4403 of Public Law 102–484 (10 U.S.C. 1293 note) under the terms and conditions provided in section 4403.”

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Puspan. L. 104–61, title VIII, § 8066, Dec. 1, 1995, 109 Stat. 664.

Puspan. L. 103–335, title VIII, § 8077, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2636.

Puspan. L. 103–139, title VIII, § 8095, Nov. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 1461.

Puspan. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 566(c), Fespan. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 328, as amended by Puspan. L. 107–372, title II, § 272(span), Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3094, provided that: “Section 4403 (other than subsection (f)) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2702; 10 U.S.C. 1293 note) shall apply to the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the same manner and to the same extent as that section applies to the Department of Defense. The Secretary of Commerce shall implement the provisions of that section with respect to such commissioned officer corps and shall apply the provisions of that section to the provisions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 [33 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.] relating to the retirement of members of such commissioned officer corps.”

[Puspan. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 566(d), Fespan. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 328, provided that: “This section [amending former section 857a of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters, and enacting provisions set out as a note above] shall apply only to members of the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who are separated after September 30, 1995.”]

Puspan. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 542(d), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2769, as amended by Puspan. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(e)(5), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2315, provided that: “Section 4403 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2702; 10 U.S.C. 1293 note) shall apply to the Coast Guard in the same manner and to the same extent as that provision applies to the Department of Defense. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement the provisions of that section with respect to the Coast Guard and apply the applicable provisions of title 14, United States Code, relating to retirement of Coast Guard personnel.”

Puspan. L. 102–484, div. D, title XLIV, § 4403, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2702, as amended by Puspan. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, § 561(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1667; Puspan. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1504(c)(3), Fespan. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 514; Puspan. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 561(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2025; Puspan. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title V, § 571(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–134; Puspan. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 554, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2553; Puspan. L. 112–81, title V, § 504(span), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1390; Puspan. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(k), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1955; Puspan. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 508(a), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2109; Puspan. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 553(span)(5), title VIII, § 809(span)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1772, 1840, provided that:

“(a)Purpose.—The purpose of this section is to provide the Secretary of Defense a temporary additional force management tool with which to effect the drawdown of military forces during the active force drawdown period.

“(span)Retirement for 15 to 20 Years of Service.—

(1) During the active force drawdown period, the Secretary of the Army may—

“(A) apply the provisions of section 7311 of title 10, United States Code, to a regular or reserve commissioned officer with at least 15 but less than 20 years of service by substituting ‘at least 15 years’ for ‘at least 20 years’ in subsection (a) of that section;

“(B) apply the provisions of section 7314 of such title to an enlisted member with at least 15 but less than 20 years of service by substituting ‘at least 15’ for ‘at least 20’; and

“(C) apply the provisions of section 1293 of such title to a warrant officer with at least 15 but less than 20 years of service by substituting ‘at least 15 years’ for ‘at least 20 years’.

“(2)