Pub. L. 82-51, tit. I, sec. 3

Sec. 3. The Act of August 3, 1950 (64 Stat. 408), is amended to read as follows: “That provisions of law imposing restrictions on the authorized personnel strength of any component of the Armed Forces, including sections 102, 202, 213, and 302 of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 357. 363, 369, and 371), section 2, title I of the Selective Service Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 605), as amended, section 2 of the Act of April 18, 1946 (60 Stat. 92), and sections 102 and 202 of the Act of July 10, 1950 (64 Stat. 322 and 323), are hereby suspended until July 31, 1954. “Sec. 2. The active-duty personnel strength of the Armed Forces, exclusive of personnel of the Coast Guard, personnel of the reserve components on active duty for training purposes only, and personnel of the Armed Forces employed in the Selective Service System, shall not exceed a total of five million persons at any time during the period of suspension prescribed in the first section of this Act.”