PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 112 STAT. 1997 SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve components as of September 30, 1999, as follows: (1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 357,223. (2) The Army Reserve, 208,003. (3) The Naval Reserve, 90,843. (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 40,018. (5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 106,992. (6) The Air Force Reserve, 74,243. (7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 8,000. (b) WAIVER AUTHORITY. —The Secretary of Defense may vary an end strength authorized by subsection (a) by not more than 2 percent. (c) ADJUSTMENTS. —The end strengths prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any reserve component shall be proportionately reduced by— (1) the total authorized strength of units organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component which are on active duty (other than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and (2) the total number of individual members not in units organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component who are on active duty (other than for training or for unsatisfactoiy participation in training) without their consent at the end of the fiscal year. Whenever such units or such individual members are released from active duty during any fiscal year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscad year for the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be proportionately increased by the total authorized strengths of such units and by the total number of such individual members. SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUP- PORT OF THE RESERVES. Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, as of September 30, 1999, the following number of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in the case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components: (1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 21,986. (2) The Army Reserve, 12,807. (3) The Naval Reserve, 15,590. (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,362. (5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 10,931. (6) The Air Force Reserve, 992. SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL STATUS). The minimum number of military technicians (dual status) as of the last day of fiscal year 1999 for the reserve components of the Army and the Air Force (notwithstanding section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall be the following: (1) For the Army Reserve, 5,395. 10 USC 12001 note. 10 USC 12001 note. 10 USC 115 note.
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