ARMY OFFICER MANNING LEVELS.

SEC. 505. ARMY OFFICER MANNING LEVELS. (a) In General.— (1) Chapter 331 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the table of sections the following new section: “§3201. Officers on active duty: minimum strength based on requirements “(a) The Secretary of the Army shall ensure that (beginning with fiscal year 1999) the strength at the end of each fiscal year of officers on active duty is sufficient to enable the Army to meet at least that percentage of the programmed manpower structure for officers for the active component of the Army that is provided for in the most recent Defense Planning Guidance issued by the Secretary of Defense. “(b) The number of officers on active duty shall be counted for purposes of this section in the same manner as applies under section 115(a)(1) of this title. “(c) In this section: “(1) The term ‘programmed manpower structure’ means the aggregation of billets describing the full manpower require-110 STAT. 296ments for units and organizations in the programmed force structure. “(2) The term ‘programmed force structure’ means the set of units and organizations that exist in the current year and that is planned to exist in each future year under the then-current Future-Years Defense Program.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after “Sec.” the following new item: “3201. Officers on active duty: minimum strength based on requirements.”. (b) Assistance in Accomplishing Requirement.— The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Army sufficient personnel and financial resources to enable the Army to meet the requirement specified in section 3201 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).