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 98 STAT. 2612

Prohibition.

10 USC 646.

PUBLIC LAW 98-525—OCT. 19, 1984

(2) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out the second and third sentences. (3) Such section is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) An officer who is assigned or detailed to duty on the Joint Staff may not serve for a tour of duty of more than four years. An officer completing a tour of duty with the Joint Staff may not be assigned or detailed to duty on the Joint Staff within two years after relief from that duty except with the approval of the Secretary. This subsection does not apply in time of war declared by Congress or in time of national emergency declared by the President.". (d)(1) Chapter 36 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 646. Consideration of performance as a member of the Joint Staff "The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall ensure that officer personnel policies of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps concerning promotion, retention, and assignment give appropriate consideration to the performance of an officer as a member of the Joint Staff.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter V of such chapter is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: "646. Consideration of performance as a member of the Joint Staff.". REDUCTION IN HEADQUARTERS STAFFS

SEC. 1302. (a) Not later than September 30, 1985, the Secretary of Defense shall reduce the total number of military and civilian personnel assigned to duty in the agencies of the Department of Defense and the military departments to perform management headquarters activities or management headquarters support activities by a number that is at lesist 2 percent below the total number of personnel requested by the President for fiscal year 1985 to perform such activities. (b) The number of military and civilian personnel assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense as of September 30, 1985, may not exceed 1,730. However, if the Secretary of Defense determines that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may increase the number specified in the limitation in the preceding sentence, but such number may not be increased by more than 2 percent. The Secretary shall promptly notify the Congress of any exercise of such authority. (c) Any reduction in military or civilian personnel assigned to perform management headquarters activities or management headquarters support activities in the National Security Agency/Central Security Service, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or the Naval Intelligence Command may not be included for the purposes of complying with the requirements of subsection (a). (d) For purposes of this section, the terms "management headquarters activities" and "management headquarters support activities" have the same meanings as prescribed for such terms in Department of Defense Directive 5100.73 entitled "Department of Defense Management Headquarters and Headquarters Support", dated March 12, 1981.

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