REVISION IN PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS.

SEC. 402. REVISION IN PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS. (a) Minimum End Strength.—Subsection (b) of section 691 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting the following new paragraphs: “(1) For the Army, 542,700. “(2) For the Navy, 322,700. “(3) For the Marine Corps, 193,500. “(4) For the Air Force, 329,460.” . (b) Limited Reduction Authority.—Such section is further amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection: “(e) The Secretary of Defense may reduce a number specified in subsection (b) by not more than 0.5 percent.” .