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PUBLIC LAW 92-561-OCT. 25, 1972

(b) No funds otherwise authorized to be appropriated by this section shall be expended by the Secretary of the Interior until he has determined that the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin have initiated such land acquisition and development as may be proposed pursuant to the development plan required by section 3 of this Act, and in no event shall the Secretary of the Interior expend more than $2,550,000 of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this section in the first fiscal year following completion of the development plan required by section 3 of this Act. The balance of funds authorized to be appropriated by this section shall be expended by the Secretary of the Literior at such times as he finds that the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin have made satisfactory progress in their implementation of the development plan required by section 3 of this Act. Approved October 25, 1972.

Limitation.

Public Law 92-561 AN ACT To amend the Act of September 26, 1966, Public Law 89-606, to extend for foui years the period during which the authorized numbers for the grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel in the Air Force may be increased, and for other purposes.

October 25, 1972 [H. R. 14542]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Armed Forces. Air Force September 26, 1966, Public Law 89-606 (80 Stat. 849), is amended as om cers, increase. follows: 10 (1) Section 1 is amended by striking out "June 30, 1972," and note. u s e 8202 inserting in place thereof "September 30, 1974,". (2) Section 2 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. For the period specified in section 1 of this Act, the authorized strength prescribed by section 8202 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1 of this Act, may be exceeded by 70A Stat. 498. 1,000 for the grade of lieutenant colonel, and 1,500 for the grade of major. However, the authority to exceed the authorized strengths by 1,000 for the grade of lieutenant colonel, and 1,500 for the grade of major authorized by this section may be used only in the event that drastic reductions or increases in the authorized strength of the commissioned officers on active duty in the A i r Force occur within a shoit period of time and that such changes seriously impede promotions to the grades of major and lieutenant colonel as determined by the Secretary of the Air Force, who shall notify the Committees on Armed Notice to ' congressional Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives not later committees. than 60 days following the utilization of any of the numbers covered in this sentence." Report to SEC. 2. The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress not Congress. later than May 30, 1973, a comprehensive written report regarding limitations on the number of officers who may serve in various commissioned grades in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. The Secretary shall include in such report such recommendations as he deems appropriate for legislation to establish new permanent limitations on the number of officers who may serve in such commissioned grades. Approved October 25,-1972.

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