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 PUBLIC LAW 94-106—OCT. 7, 1975

89 STAT. 545

(b) The Secretary of Defense shall allocate the aides authorized by subsection (a) of this section among officers of the Armed Forces, in such numbers as he determines appropriate, on the basis of the duties of such officers. (c) This section shall not apply with respect to the number of aides assigned to generals of the Army or admirals of the Fleet. SEC. 821. Notwithstanding any provision of section 2004 of title 10, 10 USC 2004 United States Code, an officer in any pay grade who was in a missing note, status (as defined in section 551(2) of title 37, United States Code) after August 4, 1964, and before May 8, 1975, may be selected for detail for legal training under that section 2004 on other than a competitive basis and, if selected for that training, is not counted in computing, for the purpose of subsection (a) of that section 2004, the number of officers who may commence that training in any single fiscal year. For the purposes of determining eligibility under that section 2004, the period of time during which an officer was in that missing status may be disregarded in computing the period he has served on active duty. SEC. 822. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense Short title. Appropriation Authorization Act, 1976". Approved October 7, 1975.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-199 (Comm. on Armed Services) and Nos. 94-413 and 94-488 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORTS: No. 94-146 accompanying S. 920 (Comm. on Armed Services) and Nos. 94-334 and 94-385 (Comm. of Conference). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, VoL 121 (1975): May 15, 19, 20, considered and passed House. May 22, June 2-5, S. 920 considered in Senate. June 6, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 920. July 30, House agreed to conference report. Aug. 1, Senate rejected conference report. Sept. 3, House disagreed to Senate amendments and asked for further conference with the Senate; Senate insisted upon its amendments and requested further conference with the House. Sept. 24, House agreed to conference report. Sept. 26, Senate agreed to conference report.

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