REVISIONS TO PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS.

SEC. 402. REVISIONS TO PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS. (a) In General.—Section 691 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking “two major regional contingencies” and inserting “the National Defense Strategy”; (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking “a national defense strategy calling for” and inserting “the national defense strategy of”; and (B) by striking “to be able to successfully conduct two nearly simultaneous major regional contingencies”; (3) in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting the following new paragraphs: “(1) For the Army, 485,900. “(2) For the Navy, 347,800. “(3) For the Marine Corps, 181,200. “(4) For the Air Force, 333,475.” ; and (4) in subsection (e)— (A) by inserting “or the Secretary concerned” after “Secretary of Defense”; and (B) by striking “reduce a number specified in subsection (b) by not more than 2 percent” and inserting “vary a number specified in subsection (b) in accordance with section 115 of this title”. (b) [10 U.S.C. 671] Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 39 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 691 and inserting the following: “691. Permanent end strength levels to support the National Defense Strategy” .