authorized number and distribution in grade

authorized number and distribution in grade Sec. 307. (a) The authorized number of Reserve officers of the Army in an active status is two hundred and seventy-five thousand. The Secretary of the Army may authorize a larger number to meet mobilization requirements or to permit increases required by or resulting from the operation of other laws or the provisions of this Act. The authorized number of Reserve officers of the Army in an active status in each of the several grades, as prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, shall not exceed the following percentages of the total authorized number: 2 per centum in the grade of colonel; 6 per centum in the grade of lieutenant colonel; 13 per centum in the grade of major; 35 per centum in the grade of captain, and the remainder in the grade of first lieutenant and second lieutenant, except for the number authorized in general officer grades. The authorized number of reserve officers of the Army in general officer grades in an active status in the Army Reserve and the National Guard of the United States, exclusive of Reserve officers serving in general officer grades as adjutants general or assistant adjutants general of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or in the National Guard Bureau, shall be 207. The numbers authorized for any grade may be exceeded by the number of vacancies existing in any higher grade. (b) The Secretary shall distribute the total numbers of Reserve officers for each grade authorized pursuant to section 201 between— (1) officers in units of each reserve component, by prescribing appropriate Tables of Organization and Tables of Distribution; and (2) officers not assigned to units, further distributed among— (i) each special branch; and (ii) all other branches grouped together. (c) An officer retained in an active status under section 205 of this Act is an additional number to the number of officers otherwise authorized by law.