REVISION IN PERMANENT END STRENGTH LEVELS.

SEC. 402. REVISION IN PERMANENT END STRENGTH LEVELS. (a) Revised End Strength Floors.— subsection (b) of section 691 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out “495,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “480,000”; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking out “390,802” and inserting in lieu thereof “372,696”; (3) in paragraph (3), by striking out “174,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “172,200”; and 112 STAT. 1996 (4) in paragraph (4), by striking out “371,577” and inserting in lieu thereof “370,802”. (b) Revision to Flexibility Authority for the Army.— subsection (e) of such section is amended by striking out “1 percent or, in the case of the Army, by not more than 1.5 percent,” and inserting in lieu thereof “0.5 percent.”. (c) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 1998.