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 PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980

94 STAT. 2841

"(VI) reserve and regular officers ordered to active duty; and "(iv) an analysis of the distribution of each of the following categories of officers serving on active duty on the last day of the preceding fiscal year by grade in which serving and years of active commissioned service: "(I) Regular officers. "(II) Reserve officers on the active-duty list. "(Ill) Reserve officers described in clauses (B) and (C) of section 523(b)(1) of this title. Post, p. 2842. "(IV) Officers other than those specified in subclauses (I), (II), and (III) serving in a temporary grade.". OFFICER STRENGTH AND DISTRIBUTION IN GRADE

SEC. 103. Part II of subtitle A is amended by inserting after chapter 31 the following new chapter: "CHAPTER 32—OFFICER STRENGTH AND DISTRIBUTION IN GRADE "Sec.

"521. Authority to prescribe total strengths of officers on active duty and officer strengths in various categories. "522. Authorized total strengths: regular commissioned officers on active duty. "523. Authorized strengths: commissioned officers on active duty in grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel and Navy grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain. "524. Authorized strengths: reserve officers on active duty for administration of the reserves in grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel and Navy grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain. "525. Distribution of commissioned officers on active duty in general officer and flag officer grades. "526. Authority to suspend sections 523, 524, and 525.

"§521. Authority to prescribe total strengths of officers on active 10 USC 521. duty and officer strengths in various categories "(a) Whenever the needs of the services require, but at least once each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the total authorized active-duty strength as of the end of the fiscal year for officers in grades above warrant officer (W-4) for each of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department. "(b) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of each military department may, for an armed force under his jurisdiction, prescribe the strength of any category of officers that may serve on active duty. "§522. Authorized total strengths: regular commissioned officers on active duty "The authorized strengths of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps in regular officers (other than retired officers) in grades above chief warrant officer (W-4) are as follows: "Army "Navy "Air Force "Marine Corps

63,000 48,000 69,425 13,000

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