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97 STAT. 630 PUBLIC LAW 98-94—SEPT. 24, 1983 Notification of congressional committees on exceeding limit. LIMIT ON FUNDS FOR PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION (PCS) TRAVEL DURING FISCAL YEAR 1984 SEC. 404. (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), during fiscal year 1984, not more than $2,585,626,000 may be spent from funds available to the Department of Defense for permanent change of station travel (including all expenses of such travel for organiza- tional movements). Assignments for temporary duty may not be increased in order to circumvent the limitation in the preceding sentence. (2) The limit on expenditures specified in paragraph (1) may be exceeded if the Secretary of Defense notifies the Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the need to exceed such limit and identifies the source of the funds that will be used for that purpose. (b) The Secretary of Defense shall take such steps as are neces- sary, consistent with the requirements of military readiness, to reduce the number of permanent changes of station of members of the Armed Forces. Such steps may include— (1) reductions to the minimum essential level in the number of permanent changes of station required within the continental United States; (2) extensions of the length of tours of duty overseas in locations other than locations that do not allow for accompanied tours; and (3) reductions in the number of active duty military personnel stationed outside the continental United States. TITLE V—RESERVE FORCES AUTHORIZATION OF AVERAGE STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE 10 USC 261 note. SEC. 501. (a) For fiscal year 1984 the Selected Reserve of the reserve components of the Armed Forces shall be programed to attain average strengths of not less than the following: (1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 425,000. (2) The Army Reserve, 273,700. (3) The Naval Reserve, 112,600. (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 40,300. (5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 103,400. (6) The Air Force Reserve, 68,600. (7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 12,000. Reduction. (b) The average strength 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 any time during 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 compo- nent who are on active duty (other than for training or for unsatis- factory participation in training) without their consent at any time Increase. during the fiscal year. Whenever such units or such individual members are released from active duty during any fiscal year, the average strength prescribed for such fiscal year for the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be proportionately increased by the total authorized strength of such units and by the total number of such individual members.