Pub. L. 83-349, tit. II, sec. 204

Sec. 204. Subsection 303 (k) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 is amended to read as follows: “(k) Upon determination of the authorized number of officers in each of the various grades above lieutenant, with respect to officers serving on active duty as provided in this section, and with respect to officers holding permanent appointments on the active list of the Regular Navy, as provided in section 103 of title I and section 203 of title II of this Act, computations shall be made by the Secretary of the Navy to determine the authorized number of officers which may serve under temporary appointment in the line in each of the various grades above lieutenant and in each grade in a staff corps where computations are prescribed to determine the authorized number. At the same time, the Secretary of the Navy shall determine within the combined grades of lieutenant, lieutenant (junior grade), and ensign, the number of officers serving under temporary appointments required in each of those grades to meet the needs of the service. Should the Secretary of the Navy determine, at the time of making the computations prescribed by subsections (g) and (h) of this section, that in any grade above lieutenant a lesser number of officers than the computed number of officers for that grade is required to meet the needs of the service, the lesser number shall be held and considered to be the authorized number for that grade and the reduction may be applied as an increase in the authorized number of such officers in any lower grade or grades.”