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 108 STAT. 2748 PUBLIC LAW 103-337 —OCT. 5, 1994 TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy SEC. 501. CONSISTENCY OF WARRANT OFFICER PERSONNEL MANAGE- MENT POLICIES WITH POLICIES APPLICABLE TO OTHER OFFICERS. (a) EXCEPTION FROM MANDATORY CONSIDERATION BY PRO- MOTION BOARD.—Section 575(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting "(except for a warrant officer precluded from consideration under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned under section 577 of this title)" after "under consideration". (b) SECRETARIAL SUBMISSION OF PROMOTION BOARD REPORT.— Section 576(f)(1) of such title is amended by striking out the second sentence. (c) CERTAIN PROMOTION FORMALITIES DEEMED COMPLETED.— Section 578 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(e) A warrant officer who is appointed to a higher grade under this section is considered to have accepted such appointment on the date on which the appointment is made unless the officer expressly declines the appointment. "(f) A warrant officer who has served continuously as an officer since subscribing to the oath of office prescribed in section 3331 of title 5 is not required to take a new oath upon appointment to a higher grade under this section.". (d) CLARIFICATION OF WARRANT OFFICERS SUBJECT TO WOMA AUTHORITIES. —Section 582(2) of such title is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: "(other than retired warrant officers who were recalled to active duty before February 1, 1992, and have served continuously on active duty since that date)". SEC. 502. AUTHORITY FOR ORIGINAL REGULAR APPOINTMENTS OF NAVY AND MARINE CORPS LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS SERVING IN GRADES ABOVE PAY GRADE 0-3 UNDER TEM- PORARY APPOINTMEIVTS. Section 5589 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): "(c)(1) An officer described in paragraph (2) may be given an original appointment as a regular officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps, as the case may be, in the grade, and with the date of rank in that grade, in which the officer is serving on the day before such original appointment. "(2) This subsection applies to an officer of the Navy and Marine Corps who— "(A) is on the active-duty list; "(B) holds a permanent enlisted or warrant officer grade; "(C) is designated for limited duty under subsection (a) of section 5596 of this title; and

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