{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s583","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f583.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f583.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter:\n(1) The term \u201cpromotion zone\u201d 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\u2014\n(A) in the case of grades below chief warrant officer, W\u20135, 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\n(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.\n(2) The term \u201cwarrant officers above the promotion zone\u201d means a group of officers on a warrant officer active-duty list in the same grade (or the same grade and competitive category) who\u2014\n(A) are eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade;\n(B) are in the same grade as warrant officers in the promotion zone; and\n(C) are senior to the senior warrant officer in the promotion zone.\n(3) The term \u201cwarrant officers below the promotion zone\u201d means a group of officers on a warrant officer active-duty list in the same grade (or the same grade and competitive category) who\u2014\n(A) are eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade;\n(B) are in the same grade as warrant officers in the promotion zone; and\n(C) are junior to the junior warrant officer in the promotion zone.\n(4) The active-duty list referred to in\nsection 573(b) of this title\n1\n1 See References in Text note below.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s583.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s583","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f583."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s583/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The term \u201cpromotion zone\u201d 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\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s583/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" in the case of grades below chief warrant officer, W\u20135, 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","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s583/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s583/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The term \u201cwarrant officers above the promotion zone\u201d means a group of officers on a warrant officer active-duty list in the same grade (or the same grade and competitive category) who\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s583/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" are eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s583/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" are in the same grade as warrant officers in the promotion zone; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s583/2/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" are senior to the senior warrant officer in the promotion zone.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s583/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The term \u201cwarrant officers below the promotion zone\u201d means a group of officers on a warrant officer active-duty list in the same grade (or the same grade and competitive category) who\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s583/3/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" are eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s583/3/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" are in the same grade as warrant officers in the promotion zone; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s583/3/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" are junior to the junior warrant officer in the promotion zone.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s583/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" The active-duty list referred to in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 573(b) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t10/s573/b","tail":" includes the active-duty promotion list established by section 41a\u202f"},{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSee References in Text note below."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSee References in Text note below.","tail":" of title 14."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}