Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/596

 89 STAT. 536

Report to Congress.

Notice to Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 94-106—OCT. 7, 1975 Defense is authorized an end strength for civilian personnel of 1,064,400. (b) The end strength for civilian personnel prescribed in subsection (a) of this section shall be apportioned among the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, including the Marine Corps, the Department of the Air Force, and the agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) in such numbers as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe. The Secretary of Defense shall report to the Congress within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act on the manner in which the allocation of civilian personnel is made among the military departments and the agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) and shall include the rationale for each allocation. (c) In computing the authorized end strength for civilian personnel there shall be included all direct-hire and indirect hire civilian personnel employed to perform military functions administered by the Department of Defense (other than those performed by the National Security Agency) 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 strengtli 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. (d) 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 number authorized by subsection (a) of this section, but such additional number may not exceed onehalf of 1 per centum of the total number 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. 706. MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS.—(a) For the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, each component of the Armed Forces is authorized an average military training student load as follows: (1) The Army, 75,185; (2) The Navy, 70,571; (3) The Marine Corps, 26,788; (4) The Air Force, 52,280; (5) The Army National Guard of the United Slates, 9,481; (6) The Army Reserve, 5,518; (7) The Naval Reserve, 2,106; (8) The Marine Corps Reserve, 4,088; (9) The Air National Guard of the United States, 2,180; and (10) The Air Force Reserve, 836. (b) The average military training student loads for the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force and the Reserve components prescribed in subsection (a) of this section for the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, shall be adjusted consistent with the manpower strengths provided in sections

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