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 404 Report to Congress.

P e r s o n n e l inc r e a s e, limitation.

Notification to Congress.

Manpower conversion. 10 USC 138 note.

PUBLIC LAW 93-365-AUG. 5, 1974

[88 STAT.

Secretary of Defense shall report to Congress within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act on the manner in which this reduction is to be apportioned among the military services and the activities and agencies of the Department of Defense and among the mission categories described in the Manpower Requirements Report. This report shall include the rationale for each reduction. (b) I n computing the authorized end strength for civilian personnel there shall be included all direct-hire civilian personnel employed to perform military functions administered by the Department of Defense (other than those performed by the National Security Agency) whether in permanent or temporary positions and whether employed on a full-time, part-time, or intermittent basis, but excluding special employment categories for students and disadvantaged youth such as the stay-in-school campaign, the temporary summer aid program and the Federal junior fellowship program and personnel participating in the worker-trainee opportunity program. Whenever a function, power, or duty or activity is transferred or assigned to a department or agency of the Department of Defense from a department or agency outside of the Department of Defense or from a department or agency within the Department of Defense, the civilian personnel end strength authorized for such departments or agencies of the Department of Defense affected shall be adjusted to reflect any increases or decreases in civilian personnel required as a result of such transfer or assignment. (c) When the Secretary of Defense determines that such action is necessary in the national interest, he may authorize the employment of civilian personnel in excess of the immber authorized by subsection (a) of this section, but such additional number may not exceed one half of one per centum of the total immber of civilian personnel authorized for the Department of Defense by subsection (a) of this section. The Secretary of Defense shall promptly notify the Congress of any authorization to increase civilian personnel strength under the authority of this subsection. SEC. 502. I t is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense shall use the least costly form of manpower that is consistent with military requirements and other needs of the Department of Defense. Therefore, in developing the annual manpower authorization requests to the Congress and in carrying out manpower policies, the Secretary of Defense shall, in particular, consider the advantages of converting from one form of manpower to another (military, civilian, or private contract) for the performance of a specified job. A full justification of any conversion from one form of manpower to another shall be contained in the annual manpower requirements report to the Congress required by section 138(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code. TITLE VI—MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS SEC. 601. (a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1974, and ending June 30, 1975, each component of the Armed Forces is authorized an average military training student load as follows: (1) The Army, 97,638; (2 The Navy, 71,279; (3) The Marine Corps, 26,262; (4 The Air Force, 52,900; (5 The Army National Guard of the United States, 12,111; (6) The Army Reserve, 6,673; (7) The Naval Reserve, 2,536; (8) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,403; (^) The Air National Guard of the United States, 2,359; and (10) The Air Force Reserve, 1,126.

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