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PUBLIC LAW 85-86 1 - S E P T. 2, 1958

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(163) Section 8212 is amended to read as follows: lo use 8212. "§8212. Regular Air Force; Air Force Reserve; Air National Guard of United States: strength in grade; temporary increases "The authorized strength in any regular or reserve grade, as prescribed by or under this chapter, is automatically increased to the minimum extent necessary to give effect to each appointment made in that grade under section 541, 1211 (a), 8298, 8299, 8365 (a) and 10 USC 54i-838i (c), 8366 (a) and (d), 8375, 8376, 8380, 8381, or 9353, of this title, P^'*'^""An authorized strength so increased is increased for no other purpose, and while he holds that grade the officer whose appointment caused the increase is counted for the purpose of determining when other appointments, not under those sections, may be made in that grade." (164) Chapter 831 is amended— 8225"^^*^°'' (A) by inserting the following new sections after section 8215: "§ 8217. Reserves: commissioned officers in an active status "The authorized strength of the Air Force in reserve commissioned officers in an active status is 200,000. However, a higher authorized strength may be prescribed to meet mobilization requirements or to permit increases otherwise required by or resulting from the operation of any law. "§8218. Reserves: s t r e n g t h in g r a d e; general officers in an active status "The authorized strength of the Air Force in reserve general officers in an active status, exclusive of those serving as adjutants general or assistant adjutants general of a State or Territory, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or the District of Columbia, and those serving in the National Guard Bureau, is 157. "§8219. Reserves: strength in grade; commissioned officers in grades below brigadier general in an active status " (a) Subject to subsection (b), the authorized strength of the Air Force in reserve commissioned officers in an active status in each grade below brigadier general is as prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force. A vacancy in any grade may be filled by an authorized appointment in any lower grade. " (b) A strength prescribed by the Secretary under subsection (a) may not be higher than the percentage of the authorized strength fixed for the grade by the following table: "Grade

Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major -. Captain First lieutenant and second lieutenant (when combined with the number authorized for general officer grades under section 8218 of this title)

Percentage of authorized strength under sec. 8217 of this title 1.8 4.6 14.0 32.0 47. 6"

(B) by adding the following new section after section 8225: "§ 8230. Personnel detailed outside Department of Defense "Members of the Air Force who are detailed for duty with agencies of the United States outside the Department of Defense on a reimbursable basis are not counted in computing strengths under any law."

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