LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN AUTHORIZED TO ATTEND THE SERVICE ACADEMIES.

SEC. 511. LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN AUTHORIZED TO ATTEND THE SERVICE ACADEMIES. (a) Reduction in Authorized Strengths.—The authorized strength of the Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy, the Air Force Cadets of the United States Air Force Academy, and the brigade of midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy may not exceed 4,000 for each service academy for class years beginning after 1994. (b) Class Reductions Not To Affect Certain Appointments.—Any reduction in the number of appointments to the class of a service academy required as a result of subsection (a) may not be achieved by reducing the number of appointments under section 4342(a), 6954(a), or 9342(a) of title 10, United States Code, as applicable. (c) GAO Report.—(1) The Comptroller General of the United States shall determine for each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps the percentage for each benchmark year of the commissioned officers receiving an original appointment during that year who were graduates of a service academy. The Comptroller General shall also determine the average of those annual percentages for each of those Armed Forces. (2) The Comptroller General shall select the benchmark years (including the number of years to be used as benchmark years) for purposes of paragraph (1). The Comptroller General may select different benchmark years for each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, 105 STAT. 1360and Marine Corps. Each year selected as a benchmark year shall be one for which the active duty strength of the Armed Force concerned was approximately the authorized end strength established by law for that Armed Force for members on active duty for fiscal year 1995. (3) Not later than February 15, 1992, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report describing the results of the determinations of the Comptroller General under paragraph (1). (d) Service Academy Defined.—For purposes of this section, the term “service academy” means the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Naval Academy. (e) Conforming Amendment.—Section 531 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (104 Stat. 1563; 10 U.S.C. 4342 note) is repealed.