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reduced consistent with the overall reduction in manpower provided for in title III of this Act. Such reduction shall be apportioned among the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force in such manner as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe. TITLE VI—ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE P R O G R A M L I M I T A T I O N S ON D E P L O Y M E N T SEC. 601. None of the funds authorized by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of continuing or initiating deployment of an anti-ballistic-missile system at any site except Grand Forks Air Force Base, Grand Forks, North Dakota. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation on the obligation or expenditure of funds in connection with the dismantling of antiballistic missile system sites or the cancellation of work at Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster, Missouri, Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana.

Grand Forks AFB, continuation. Whiteman, Warren and Malmstrom AFB, dismantling and cancellation.

TITLE VII — S T U D Y COMMISSION DEFENSE MANPOWER COMMISSION

SEC. 701. (a) There is hereby established a commission to be known as the Defense Manpower Commission (hereinafter in this title referred to as the "Commission"). (b) The Commission shall be composed of seven members appointed as follows: (1) One member to be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; (2) One member to be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; (3) One member to be appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives; (4) One member to be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; and (5) Three members to be appointed by the President. No person may be appointed to the Commission who is a civilian officer or employee of the Federal Government; and no person may be appointed who is serving on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States. (c) The Commission shall elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman from among its members. (d) Four members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall he filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.

Establishment.

Membership.

Restriction.

Quorum. Vacancies.

DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION

SEC. 702. It shall be the duty of the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study and investigation of the overall manpower requirements of the iDepartment of Defense on both a short-term and long-term basis with a view to determining what the manpower requirements are currently and will likely be over the next ten years, and how manpower can be more effectively utilized in the Department of Defense. In carrying out such study and investigation the Commission shall give special consideration to— (1) the effectiveness with which civilian and active duty personnel are utilized, particularly in headquarters staffing and in the number of support forces in relation to combat forces;

Manpower requirements, study and investigation.

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