---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 577"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "577"
heading: "Promotions: effect of failure of selection for"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/577"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 33A — Appointment, Promotion, and Involuntary Separation and Retirement for Members on the Warrant Officer Active-Duty List"
---

# §577. Promotions: effect of failure of selection for


A [warrant officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-3) who has been considered for promotion by a selection board convened under [section 573 of this title](/usc/10/573.md), but not selected, shall be considered for promotion by each subsequent selection board that considers [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) in his [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) (or [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) and competitive category) until he is retired or separated or he is selected for promotion. However, the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-5) may, by regulation, preclude from consideration by a selection board by which he would otherwise be eligible to be considered, a [warrant officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-3) who has an established separation date that is within 90 days after the date on which the board is convened or an approved retirement date.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1112(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1497; amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 503(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1868.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 561 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–190, § 1112(a).

### Amendments

2024—Pub. L. 118–159 inserted “or an approved retirement date” after “an established separation date that is within 90 days after the date on which the board is convened”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 1132 of Pub. L. 102–190, set out as an Effective Date of 1991 Amendment note under section 521 of this title.