LIMITATION ON REDUCTIONS IN NUMBER OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

SEC. 718. LIMITATION ON REDUCTIONS IN NUMBER OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) Revision of Existing Limitation.—Section 711 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101– 510; 104 Stat. 1582) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking out “medical personnel below” and all that follows through “September 30, 1989,” and inserting in lieu thereof “medical personnel of the Department of Defense below the baseline number”; (2) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting “medical” after “military”; and (3) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the following new paragraph: “(3) The term ‘baseline number’ means the number equal to the sum of 12,510 and the number of medical personnel of the Department of Defense serving on September 30, 1989, excluding commissioned officers of the Navy.”. (b) Minimum Number Of Navy Health Professions Officers.—Of the total number of officers authorized to be serving on active duty in the Navy on the last day of a fiscal year, 12,510 shall be available only for assignment to duties in health profession specialties.