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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 1215 (Introduced in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 431

Sec. 431. Authorities of Secretary of Defense and Service Secretaries to vary personnel end strengths

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Section 115(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking increase and inserting vary . Section 115(g) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (B)— by striking increase and inserting vary ; and by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: vary the end strength authorized pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(B) for a fiscal year for the Active Guard and Reserve category of the Selected Reserve of the reserve component of the armed force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary or, in the case of the Secretary of the Navy, for the Active Guard and Reserve category of the Selected Reserve of the reserve component of any armed force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary, by a number equal to not more than 1 percent of such authorized end strength. ; and in paragraph (2)— in the second sentence, by striking increase each place it occurs and inserting variance ; and by adding at the end the following new sentence:
Any variance under paragraph (1)(C) of the end strength for the Active Guard and Reserve category of the Selected Reserve of an armed force for a fiscal year shall be counted as part of the variance for that Selected Reserve for that fiscal year authorized under subsection (f)(2). .
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