LIMITED AUTHORITY TO WAIVE END STRENGTHS.

SEC. 664. LIMITED AUTHORITY TO WAIVE END STRENGTHS. (a) Authority.—The Secretary of Defense may increase the end strength authorized for an armed force for fiscal year 1992 under section 401(a) by a number not greater than 2 percent of that end strength if the Secretary determines that it is in the interest of the United States to do so in order to avoid the necessity of involuntarily separating personnel of that armed force for the purpose of achieving that end strength. The authority in the preceding sentence is in addition to the authority under section 115(c)(l) of title 10, United States Code. (b) Funding Increased Personnel Costs.—(1) To the extent provided in appropriation Acts, the Secretary may transfer amounts available to the Department of Defense as necessary to meet increased personnel costs resulting from the exercise of the authority provided in subsection (a). (2) The transfer authority provided in paragraph (1) is in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this or any other Act.