MODIFICATION OF THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER AND ACCOUNTING METHOD FOR SENIOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL.

SEC. 403. MODIFICATION OF THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER AND ACCOUNTING METHOD FOR SENIOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL. (a) In General.—Section 517 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking “daily average” and inserting “enlisted end strength”; (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking “daily average number of” and inserting “end strength for”; (B) by striking “in a fiscal year” and inserting “as of the last day of a fiscal year”; (C) by striking “2.5 percent” and inserting “3.0 percent”; and (D) by striking “on the first day of that fiscal year”; and (3) by striking subsection (b). (b) [10 U.S.C. 501] Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 31 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 517 and inserting the following new item: “517. Authorized enlisted end strength: members in pay grades E-8 and E-9.” .