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 PUBLIC LAW 98-525—OCT. 19, 1984

98 STAT. 2521

strength, and the management of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not be subject to any constraint or limitation (known as an "end-strength") on the number of such personnel who may be employed on the last day of such fiscal year. (c) Not later than March 1, 1985, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall each submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the experience of the Department of Defense during fiscal year 1985 (to the date of the report) concerning the management of civilian personnel of the Department without a congressionally imposed civilian end strength and with a statutory prohibition on the management during that fiscal year of such civilian personnel by end strength. Each such report shall include the views of the Secretary or Director, as appropriate, with respect to the desirability of managing such personnel in such a manner.

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CIVILIAN PERSONNEL CEILINGS ON INDUSTRIALLY-FUNDED ACTIVITIES DURING FISCAL YEAR 1984

SEC. 502. In computing the authorized strength for civilian personnel prescribed in section 601(a) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984 (Public Law 98-94; 97 Stat. 632), any increase during fiscal year 1984 in the number of civilian personnel of industrially-funded activities of the Department of Defense in excess of the number of civilian personnel employed in such activities on September 30, 1982, shall not be counted. PART B—OFFICER PERSONNEL TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY

SEC. 511. (a) During fiscal year 1985, the number of officers of the 10 USC 525 note. Air Force authorized under section 525(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, to be serving on active duty in the grade of general is increased by one. (b) During fiscal year 1985, the number of officers of the Navy authorized under section 525(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, to be serving on active duty in a grade above rear admiral is increased by three. None of the additional officers in grades above rear admiral by reason of this subsection may be in the grade of admiral. (c) During fiscal year 1985, the number of officers of the Marine Corps authorized under section 525(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, to be serving on active duty in grades above major general is increased by one, plus an additional one during any period of that fiscal year that an officer of the Marine Corps is serving as the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Central Command. An additional officer in a grade above major general by reason of this subsection may not be in the grade of general. AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER FOR PROMOTION CERTAIN ARMY RESERVE BRIGADIER GENERALS

S E C 512. Section 3364(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "However, the Secretary may waive the preceding sentence and any other provision of this subtitle relating to the required status of officers eligible to be considered for promotion in order to permit consider-

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