Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/360

 91 STAT. 326

PUBLIC LAW 95-79—JULY 30, 1977 SEC. 206. (a) The Secretary of the Army shall not obligate any funds authorized to be appropriated under this or any other Act for the improvement of the M-139 gun as an interim weapon system for use on the Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle (MICV). (b) The Secretary of the Army shall structure the development program for the Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle (MICV) to provide for initiation of production of such vehicle not later than May 31, 1981. TITLE III—ACTIVE FORCES

37 USC 203.

37 USC 1009. 37 USC 209.

Supra.

SEC. 301. For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1977, and ending September 30, 1978, each component of the Armed Forces is authorized an end strength for active duty personnel as follows: (1) The Army, 787,000; (2) The Navy, 535,800; (3) The Marine Corps, 191,500; (4) The Air Force, 570,800. relating to general rules for assignment to pay grades, is amended— (A) by striking out subsection (c); and (B) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively. (2) Section 203 of such title, relating to rates of basic pay for members of the uniformed services, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c)(1) A cadet at the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the Coast Guard Academy, or a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, is entitled to monthly cadet pay, or midshipman pay, at the rate of $313.20. "(2) The rate of monthly cadet pay, or midshipman pay, under this subsection shall be adjusted in the manner and at the time the monthly basic pay of members of the uniformed services is adjusted under section 1009 of this title.". (3)(A) Section 209(c) of such title is amended to read as follows: "(c) Each cadet or midshipman in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, while he is attending field training or practice cruises under section 2109 of title 10, and each applicant for membership in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, while he is attending field training or practice cruises to satisfy the requirements of section 2104(b)(6)(B) of title 10 for admission to advanced training, is entitled, while so attending, to pay at the rate prescribed for cadets and midshipmen at the United States Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies under section 203(c) of this title.". (B) The heading of such section 209 is amended to read as follows: "§209. Members of precommissioning programs*'. (C) The item relating to section 209 in the analysis of chapter 3 of such title is amended to read as follows: "209. Members of precommissioning programs.".
 * SEC. 302. (a)(1) Section 201 of title 37, United States Code,

(4) Section 555 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "section 201(d)" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 201(c)". 37 USC 203 note. (b) Any cadet or midshipman who, on the date of enactment of this Act, or on any date thereafter, is— (1) admitted to the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force

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