110 STAT. 290 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 Subtitle D—Authorization of Appropriations SEC. 431. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for military personnel for fiscal year 1996 a total of $69,191,008,000. The authorization in the preceding sentence supersedes any other authorization of appropriations (definite or indefinite) for such purpose for fiscal year 1996. 10 USC 115 note. SEC. 432. AUTHORIZATION FOR INCREASE IN ACTIVE-DUTY END STRENGTHS. (a) AUTHORIZATION. —There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1996 for military personnel the sum of $112,000,000. Any amount appropriated pursuant to this section shall be allocated, in such manner as the Secretary of Defense prescribes, among appropriations for active-component military personnel for that fiscal year and shall be available only to increase the number of members of the Armed Forces on active duty during that fiscal year (compared to the number of members that would be on active duty but for such appropriation). (b) EFFECT ON END STRENGTHS.— The end-strength authorizations in section 401 shall each be deemed to be increased by such number as necessary to take account of additional members of the Armed Forces authorized by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (a). TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy SEC. 501. JOINT OFFICER MANAGEMENT. (a) CRITICAL JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT POSITIONS.—Section 661(d)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "1,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "800". (b) ADDITIONAL QUALIFYING JOINT SERVICE. —Section 664 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: "(i) JOINT DUTY CREDIT FOR CERTAIN JOINT TASK FORCE ASSIGNMENTS.— (1) In the case of an officer who completes service in a qualifying temporary joint task force assignment, the Secretary of Defense, with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, may (subject to the criteria prescribed under paragraph (4)) grant the officer— "(A) credit for having completed a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment; or "(B) credit countable for determining cumulative service in joint duty assignments. "(2)(A) For purposes of paragraph (1), a qualifying temporary joint task force assignment of an officer is a temporary assignment, any part of which is performed by the officer on or after the date of the enactment of this subsection—
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