CONSOLIDATION OF STRENGTH AUTHORIZATIONS FOR ACTIVE STATUS NAVAL RESERVE FLAG OFFICERS OF THE NAVY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT STAFF CORPS.

SEC. 415. CONSOLIDATION OF STRENGTH AUTHORIZATIONS FOR ACTIVE STATUS NAVAL RESERVE FLAG OFFICERS OF THE NAVY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT STAFF CORPS. Section 12004(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the table in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking out the item relating to the Medical Corps and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “Medical Department staff corps 9”; and (B) by striking out the items relating to the Dental Corps, the Nurse Corps, and the Medical Service Corps; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(4) (A) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the Medical Department staff corps referred to in the table are as follows: “(i) The Medical Corps. “(ii) The Dental Corps. “(iii) The Nurse Corps. “(iv) The Medical Service Corps. “(B) Each of the Medical Department staff corps is authorized one rear admiral (lower half) within the strength authorization distributed to the Medical Department staff corps under paragraph (1). The Secretary of the Navy shall distribute the remainder of the strength authorization for the Medical Department staff corps under that paragraph among those staff corps as the Secretary determines appropriate to meet the needs of the Navy.”.112 STAT. 1999