100 STAT. 1064
PUBLIC LAW 99-433—OCT. 1, 1986
the requirements provided for in section 3033(a)(2), 5033(a)(2), 5043(a)(2), and 8033(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code (as added or amended by sections 502, 512, 513, and 522, respectively). t.^'••' (2) In exercising such waiver authority, the President may, in the case of any officer— (A) waive the requirement under section 664 of such title (as added by section 401 of this Act) for the length of a joint duty assignment if the officer has served in such an assignment for not less than two years; and (B) consider as a joint duty assignment any tour of duty served by the officer as a general or flag officer before the date of the enactment of this Act (or being served on the date of the enactment of this Act) that was considered to be a joint duty assignment or a joint equivalent assignment under regulations in effect at the time the assignment began. (3) A waiver under paragraph (2) may not be made in the case of J.. r J.. any officer more than four years after the date of the enactment of (4) A waiver under this subsection may be made only on a case-bycase basis. TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 10 USC 194 note. Effective date.
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SEC. 601. REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES AND CERTAIN OTHER ACTIVITIES (a) MILITARY DEPARTMENTS AND COMBATANT COMMANDS.—(1)
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Effective on October 1, 1988, the total number of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees assigned or detailed to duty described in paragraph (2) may not exceed the number equal to 90 percent of the total number of such members and employees assigned or detailed to such duty on September 30, 1986. (2) Duty referred to in paragraph (1) is permanent duty in the military departments and in the unified and specified combatant commands to perform management headquarters activities or management headquarters support activities. (3) In computing and implementing the limitation in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall exclude members and employees who are assigned or detailed to permanent duty to perform management headquarters activities or management headquarters support activities in the following: (A) The Office of the Secretary of the Army and the Army Staff. (B) The Office of the Secretary of the Navy, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Headquarters, Marine Corps. (C) The Office of the Secretary of the Air Force and the Air Staff. (D) The immediate headquarters staff of the commander of each unified or specified combatant command. (4) If the Secretary of Defense applies any reduction in personnel required by the limitation in paragraph (1) to a unified or specified combatant command, the commander of that command, after consulting with his directly subordinate commanders, shall determine the manner in which the reduction shall be accomplished. (b) DEFENSE AGENCIES AND D O D FIELD ACTIVITIES.—dXA) Not
later than September 30, 1988, the Secretary of Defense shall reduce
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