Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1134

 95 STAT. 1108

PUBLIC LAW 97-86—DEC. 1, 1981 "Grade

E-9 E-8

MaArmy Navy rC^L rine Corps A:_

222 908

146 319

76 307

4 12";

and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c) Whenever the number of members serving in pay grade E-9 is less than the number authorized for that grade under subsection (a), or whenever the number of members serving in pay grade E-9 for duty described in subsection (b) is less than the number authorized for that grade under subsection (b), the difference between the two numbers may be applied to increase the number authorized under such subsection for pay grade E-8.". (b) The columns under the headings "Army" and "Air Force" in the table contained in section 524(a) of such title are amended to read as follows: "^""y

Force

1,105 551 171

189 194 147".

DEFENSE MOBIUZATION CAPABILITY STUDIES

Report to congressionai commi ees.

SEC 504. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit^gg QJJ Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than February 1, 1982, a written report containing a plan for resolving the existing shortage in pretrained military manpower required for a mobilization. The Secretary shall include in that report— (1) a detailed explanation for the total number of pretrained personnel estimated to be needed in the event of full military mobilization; (2) alternatives for eliminating, by September 30, 1984, the shortage in pretrained manpower needed for military mobilization during a war or other national emergency, including— (A) approaches under which persons would be inducted for service m the Individual Ready Reserve of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and (B) approaches which do not provide for involuntary service in the Individual Ready Reserve; and (3) a detailed assessment of each of the various approaches addressed, including an assessment of the extent to which each will eliminate the shortages in pretrained military manpower in the Individual Ready Reserve. (b) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study of the potential impact on military capability during an emergency or mobilization of the use of Department of Defense civilian employees and of employees of private contractors who are performing work for the Department of Defense on a contractual basis who are not subject to the

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