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 91 STAT. 336

Suspension during national emergency.

Materiel readiness requirements, report to congressional committees.

10 USC 2203

note.

PUBLIC LAW 95-79—JULY 30, 1977 colonel, and on active duty in the Navy above the grade of captain, may not exceed 1,073 after October 1, 1980, and the total number of civilian employees of the Department of Defense in grades GS-13 through GS-18, including positions authorized under section 1581 of title 10, United States Code, shall be reduced during the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1977, by the same percentage as the number of officers on active duty in the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force above the grade of colonel and on active duty in the Navy above the grade of captain is reduced below 1,141 during such fiscal year, and during the fiscal years beginning October 1, 1978, and October 1, 1979, by a percentage equal to the percentage by which the number of commissioned officers on active duty in the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force above the grade of colonel and on active duty in the Navy above the grade of captain is reduced during such fiscal year below the total number of such officers on active duty on October 1, 1978, and October 1, 1979, respectively. (2) On and after October 1, 1980, the total number of civilian employees of the Department of Defense in the grades and positions descrii3ed in paragraph (1) may not exceed the number employed in such grades and positions on the date of enactment of this subsection reduced as provided in paragraph (1). (3) In time of war, or of national emergency declared by Congress, the President may suspend the operation of paragraphs (1) and (2). (b)(1) Subsection (b) of section 5231 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(b) The number of officers serving in the grades of admiral and vice admiral under subsection (a) of this section and section 5081 of this title may not be more than 15 percent of the number of officers on the active list of the Navy above the grade of captain. Of the number of officers that may serve in the grades of admiral and vice admiral, as determined under this subsection, not more than 25 percent may serve in the grade of admiral.". '.; (2) Such section 5231 is fuiiher amended— (A) by striking out subsection (c); (B) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and (C) by striking out "numbers authorized under subsections (b) and (c)" in subsections (c) and (d) (as redesignated by subparagraph (B)) and inserting in lieu thereof "number authorized for that grade under subsection (b)". (3) Subsection (b) of section 5232 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(b) The number of officers serving in the grades of general and lieutenant general may not be more than 15 percent of the number of officers on the active list of the Marine Corps above the grade of colonel.". (4) The second sentence of subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "and while in that grade he is in addition to the number authorized for that grade under subsection (b) of this section.". SEC. 812. The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than February 15, 1978, a report setting forth quantifiable and measurable materiel readiness requirements for the Armed Forces, including the Reserve components thereof, the monthly readiness

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