Pub. L. 83-349, tit. II, sec. 202

Sec. 202. Subsection 303 (f) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 is amended by deleting all after the words “in each corps” and substituting therefor the words “a number no greater than a number appropriate to the number of officers in that corps serving on active duty, as set forth in the following table: “Total number of officers in the corps on active duty Number of rear admirals Supply Corps: 2,600 13 3,000 15 4,000 18 5,000 19 7,000 20 9,000 21 11,000 22 13,000 23 15,000 24 17,000 26 Medical Corps: 3,000 15 4,000 18 5,000 19 7,000 20 9,000 21 11,000 22 13,000 23 15,000 24 Civil Engineer Corps: 1,000 5 1,500 6 2,000 7 3,000 8 4,000 9 5,000 10 7,000 11 Dental Corps: 1,000 5 2,000 6 4,000 7 7,000 8 Chaplain Corps: 500 2 1,000 3 2,800 3 When the total number of officers on active duty in any corps falls between two strengths shown in the appropriate table above the number of rear admirals shall be determined by appropriate interpolation between the numbers prescribed for the two strengths. When the number of officers on active duty in a corps is less than the least tabulated number in the appropriate table the authorized number of rear admirals shall be five-tenths of 1 per centum of the total number of officers on active duty in that corps: Provided further, That such a rear admiral serving as a chief of bureau shall upon termination of his tenure as chief of bureau be carried in excess until the next vacancy occurs in the grade of rear admiral in the corps concerned: And provided further, That the number of captains in the Medical Service Corps and the number of commanders and lieutenant commanders in the Nurse Corps shall not exceed 2 per centum, 1.75 per centum, and 7.75 per centum, respectively, of the total number of officers in the corps concerned serving on active duty at any one time.”