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PUBLIC LAW 93-365-AUG. 5, 1974
401
OTHER WEAPONS
For other weapons: for the Army, $52,200,000; for the Navy, $25,500,000; for the Marine Corps, $500,000. TITLE II—RESEAECH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION SEC. 201. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during the fiscal year 19^5 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for research, development, test and evaluation, as authorized by law, in amounts as follows: For the Army, $1,878,397,000; For the Navy (including the Marine Corps), $3,153,006,000, of which $57,500,000 shall be available only for application to surface naval gunnery (excluding the Close-In Weapon System), including gun fire control systems, gun mounts, unguided and guided ordnance, and fuzing; For the Air Force, $3,389,517,000; and For the Defense Agencies, $516,057,000, of which $25,000,000 is authorized for the activities of the Director of Test and Evaluation, J^p f pfi SP
TITLE III—ACTIVE FORCES SEC. 301. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1974, and ending June 30, 1975, each component of the Armed Forces is authorized an end strength for active duty personnel as follows: (1) The Army, 785,000; (2) The Navy, 540,380; (3) The Marme Corps, 196,398; (4) The Air Force, 627,535. SEC. 302. (a) The United States military forces in Europe can reduce headquarters and noncombat military personnel relative to the number of combat personnel located in Europe. Therefore, except in the event of imminent hostilities in Europe, the noncombat component of the total United States military strength in Europe authorized as of June 30, 1974, shall be reduced by 18,000. Such reduction shall be completed not later than June 30, 1976, and not less than 6,000 of such reduction shall be completed on or before June 30, 1975; however, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to increase the combat component strength of United States forces in Europe by the amount of any such reduction made in noncombat personnel. The Secretary of Defense shall report semi-annually to the Congress on all actions taken to improve the combat proportion of United States forces in Europe. The first report shall be submitted not later than March 31, 1975. (b) For purposes of this section, the combat component of the Army includes only the infantry, cavalry, artillery, armored, combat engineers, special forces, attack assault helicopter units, air defense, and missile combat units of battalion or smaller size; the combat component of the Navy includes only the combat ships (aircraft carrier, cruiser, destroyer, submarine, escort and amphibious assault ships)
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