PUBLIC LAW 94-106—OCT. 7, 1975
89 STAT. 535
OTHER WEAPONS
For other weapons: for the Army, $9,700,000; for the Navy, $1,400,000. SEC. 702. EESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, T E S T, AND EVALTJATION.—Funds
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the period July 1, 1976, to September 30, 1976, for the use of the A r m e d Forces of the "United States for research, development, test, and evaluation, as authorized by law, in amounts as follows: For the Army, $513,326,000; For the Navy (including the Marine Corps), $849,746,000; For the A i r Force, $965,783,000; and For the Defense Agencies, $144,768,000, of which $5,000,000 is authorized for the activities of the Director of Test and Evaluation Defense. SEC. 703. ACTIVE FOR C E S. — (a) For the period b e g i n n i n g July 1,
1976, and ending September 30, 1976, each component of the A r m e d Forces is authorized a n end strength for active duty personnel as follows: (1) The Army, 793,000; (2) The Navy, 535,860; (3) The Marine Corps, 196,498; (4) The A i r Force, 590,000. (b) The end strength for active duty personnel prescribed in sub- Reduction. section (a) of this section shall be reduced by 9,000. Such reduction shall be apportioned among the Army, Navy, including the Marine Corps, and A i r Force in such numbers as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe. The Secretary of Defense shall report to Congress Report to within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act on the manner Congress. in which this reduction is to be apportioned among the A r m e d Forces and shall include the rationale for each reduction. Sec. 704. RESERVE FOR C E S. — (a) For the period b e g i n n i n g July 1,
1976, and ending September 30, 1976, the Selected Reserve of each Reserve component of the A r m e d Forces shall be programed to attain an average strength of not less than the following: (1) The Army National G u a r d of the United States, 400,000; (2) The Army Reserve, 219,000; (3) The Naval Reserve, 106,000; (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 33,013; (5) The A i r National G u a r d of the United States, 94,543; (6) The A i r Force Reserve, 53,642; (7) The Coast G u a r d Reserve, 11,700. (b) The average strength prescribed by subsection (a) of this sec- Reduction. tion for the Selected Reserve of any Reserve component shall be proportionately reduced by (1) the total authorized strength of units organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component which a r e on active duty (other than for training) a t any time during the period; and (2) the total number of individual members not in units organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such component who are on active duty (other than for t r a i n i n g or for unsatisfactory participation in training) without their consent a t any time during the period. Whenever such units or such individual members are released from active d u t y during the period, the average strength for such period for the Selected Reserve of such Reserve component shall be proportionately increased by the total authorized strength of such units and by the total number of such individual members. SEC. 705. CIVILIAN P E R S O N N E L. — (a) For the period
beginning
July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, the Department of
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