Sec. 501. Authorized strength: exclusion of certain general and flag officers of the reserve components on active duty
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Section 526a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsections
(c)through
(h)as subsections
(d)through (i), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(b)the following new subsection (c): The limitations of this section do not apply to the following: A general or flag officer of a reserve component who is on active duty— for training; or under a call or order specifying a period of less than 180 days. A general or flag officer of a reserve component who is authorized by the Secretary of the military department concerned to serve on active duty for a period of at least 180 days and not longer than 365 days. The Secretary of the military department concerned may authorize a number, determined under subparagraph (C), of officers in the reserve component of each armed force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary to serve as described in subparagraph (A). Each number described in subparagraph
(B)may not exceed 10 percent of the number of general or flag officers, as the case may be, authorized to serve in the armed force concerned under section 12004 of this title. In determining a number under this subparagraph, any fraction shall be rounded down to the next whole number that is greater than zero. A general or flag officer of a reserve component who is on active duty for a period longer than 365 days and not longer than three years. The number of officers described in subparagraph
(A)who do not serve in a position that is a joint duty assignment for purposes of chapter 38 of this title may not exceed five per armed force, unless authorized by the Secretary of Defense. .