99 STAT. 630
PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985
10 USC 611 note.
(e) TRANSITION PROVISION.—(1) An officer who on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act is serving in or has the grade of commodore shall as of the date of the enactment of this Act be serving in or have the grade of rear admiral (lower half). (2) An officer who on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act is on a list of officers selected for promotion to the grade of commodore shall as of the date of the enactment of this Act be considered to be on a list of officers selected for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half).
10 USC 525 note.
SEC. 515. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THREEAND FOUR-STAR GRADES
During fiscal year 1986, the numbers of officers authorized under section 525(b) of title 10, United States Code, to be on active duty in grades above major general and rear admiral are increased as follows: (1) ARMY UEUTENANT GENERALS.—The number of officers of the Army authorized to be serving on active duty in grades above major general is increased by one during any period of that fiscal year that an officer of the Army is serving as the Director of the Department of Defense Task Force on Drug Enforcement. An additional officer in a grade above major general by reason of this paragraph may not be in the grade of general. (2) AIR FORCE GENERALS.—The number of officers of the Air
Force authorized to be serving on active duty in the grade of general is increased by one. (3) NAVY VICE ADMIRALS.—The number of officers of the Navy authorized to be serving on active duty in a grade above rear admiral is increased by three. None of the additional officers in grades above rear admiral by reason of this paragraph may be in the grade of admiral. (4) MARINE CORPS GENERAL OFFICERS.—The number of officers of the Marine Corps authorized to be serving on active duty in grades above major general is increased by one, plus an additional one during any period of that fiscal year that an officer of the Marine (Dorps is serving as the (Dommander-in-Chief of the United States (Dentral (Command. An additional officer in a grade above major general by reason of this paragraph may not be in the grade of general, unless a Marine Corps officer is serving as the (;)ommander-in-Chief of the United States Central (Dommand, in which case one of the additional officers authorized by this paragraph may serve in the grade of general. SEC. 516. GRADE OF RETIRED REGULAR MEMBERS RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY
Section 688 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a retired member ordered to active duty under this section shall be ordered to active duty in his retired grade. "(2) A retired member ordered to active duty under this section whose retired grade is above the grade of major general or rear \ admiral shall be ordered to active duty in the highest permanent \ grade held by such member while serving on active duty.".
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