END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES

SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES (a) Fiscal Year 1991.— The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 1991, as follows: (1) The Army, 702,170, of which not more than 99,291 may be officers. (2) The Navy, 570,500, of which not more than 69,992 may be officers. (3) The Marine Corps, 193,735, of which not more than 19,757 may be officers. (4) The Air Force, 510,000, of which not more than 95,027 may be officers. (b) Fiscal Year 1995.— The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 1995, as follows: (1) The Army, 520,000. (2) The Navy, 501,000. (3) The Marine Corps, 177,000. (4) The Air Force, 415,000. (c) Waiver Authority for Officer End Strengths.— The Secretary of Defense may waive the officer end strength prescribed in subsection (a) for any of the Armed Forces to the extent that the104 STAT. 1544 waiver is necessary to prevent the involuntary separation of officers other than (1) the separation of officers under chapter 36 of title 10, United States Code, for reasons other than meeting such end strength limitation, (2) the separation of officers for physical disability, age, or cause, and (3) the separation of officers made without regard to that limitation (as determined by the Secretary of Defense). (d) Conforming Amendment.— Section 401 of Public Law 101–189 (103 Stat. 1431) is amended by striking out subsection (b).