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10 U.S.C. § 7110 — Regular Army: strength in grade; general officers
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**(a)** Subject to [section 526 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section526&num=0&edition=prelim), the authorized strength of the Regular Army in general officers on the active-duty list is 75/10,000 of the authorized strength of the Regular Army in commissioned officers on the active-duty list.
**(b)** The authorized strength of each of the following branches—
(1) each corps of the Army Medical Department; and
(2) the Chaplains;
in general officers on the active-duty list of the Regular Army is 5/1,000 of the authorized strength of the branch concerned in commissioned officers on the active-duty list of the Regular Army. Not more than one-half of the authorized strength in general officers in such a branch may be in a regular grade above brigadier general.
**(c)** When the application of the percentages and ratios specified in this section results in a fraction, a fraction of one-half or more is counted as one, and a fraction of less than one-half is disregarded.
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**(a)** Subject to [section 526 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section526&num=0&edition=prelim), the authorized strength of the Regular Army in general officers on the active-duty list is 75/10,000 of the authorized strength of the Regular Army in commissioned officers on the active-duty list.
**(b)** The authorized strength of each of the following branches—
(1) each corps of the Army Medical Department; and
(2) the Chaplains;
in general officers on the active-duty list of the Regular Army is 5/1,000 of the authorized strength of the branch concerned in commissioned officers on the active-duty list of the Regular Army. Not more than one-half of the authorized strength in general officers in such a branch may be in a regular grade above brigadier general.
**(c)** When the application of the percentages and ratios specified in this section results in a fraction, a fraction of one-half or more is counted as one, and a fraction of less than one-half is disregarded.
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Limitations.—** The number of general officers on active duty in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force, and the number of flag officers on active duty in the Navy, may not exceed the number specified for the armed force concerned as follows:
(1) For the Army, 219.
(2) For the Navy, 150.
(3) For the Air Force, 168.
(4) For the Marine Corps, 64.
(5) For the Space Force, 24.
**(b) Limited Exclusion for Joint Duty Requirements.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Secretary of Defense may designate up to 232 general officer and flag officer positions that are joint duty assignments for purposes of chapter 38 of this title for exclusion from the limitations in subsection (a).
(2) **Minimum number.—** — Unless the Secretary of Defense determines that a lower number is in the best interest of the Department of Defense, the minimum number of officers serving in positions designated under paragraph (1) for each armed force shall be as follows:
(A) For the Army, 75.
(B) For the Navy, 53.
(C) For the Air Force, 68.
(D) For the Marine Corps, 17.
(E) For the Space Force, 6.
**(c) Exclusion of Certain Officers of Reserve Components and of the Space Force.—** The limitations of this section do not apply to the following:
(1) A general or flag officer of a reserve component or of the Space Force who is on active duty—
(A) for training; or
(B) under a call or order specifying a period of less than 180 days.
(2)
(A) A general or flag officer of a reserve component who is authorized by the Secretary of the military department concerned to serve on active duty for a period of at least 180 days and not longer than 365 days.
(B) The Secretary of the military department concerned may authorize a number, determined under subparagraph (C), of of
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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**(a) Development Contract.—**
(1) **Determining whether proposals are necessary.—** — The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, in preparing a solicitation for the award of a development contract for a major system, the head of an agency consider requiring in the solicitation that an offeror include in its offer proposals described in paragraph (2). In determining whether to require such proposals, the head of the agency shall give due consideration to the purposes for which the system is being procured and the technology necessary to meet the system’s required capabilities. If such proposals are required, the head of the agency shall consider them in evaluating the offeror’s price.
(2) **Contents of proposals.—** — Proposals referred to in the first sentence of paragraph (1) are the following:
(A) Proposals to incorporate in the design of the major system items which are currently available within the supply system of the Federal agency responsible for the major system, available elsewhere in the national supply system, or commercially available from more than one source.
(B) With respect to items that are likely to be required in substantial quantities during the system’s service life, proposals to incorporate in the design of the major system items which the United States will be able to acquire competitively in the future.
**(b) Production Contract.—**
(1) **Determining whether proposals are necessary.—** — The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, in preparing a solicitation for the award of a production contract for a major system, the head of an agency consider requiring in the solicitation that an offeror include in its offer proposals described in paragraph (2). In determining whether to require such proposals, the head of the agency shall give d
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 7101
United States’’ in item 3212, and added items 3217 to
3220 and 3230.
1957—Pub. L. 85–155, title I, § 101(6), Aug. 21, 1957, 71
Stat. 376, substituted ‘‘Army Medical Specialist Corps’’
for ‘‘Women’s Medical Specialist Corps’’ in item 3207.
§ 7101.
Officers
on
active
duty:
minimum
strength based on requirements
(a) The Secretary of the Army shall ensure
that the strength at the end of each fiscal year
of officers on active duty is sufficient to enable
the Army to meet at least that percentage of
the programmed manpower structure for officers
for the active component of the Army that is
provided for in the most recent Defense Plan-
ning Guidance issued by the Secretary of De-
fense.
(b) The number of officers on active duty shall
be counted for purposes of this section in the
same manner as applies under section 115(a)(1) of
this title.
(c) In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘programmed manpower struc-
ture’’ means the aggregation of billets describ-
ing the full manpower requirements for units
and organizations in the programmed force
structure.
(2) The term ‘‘programmed force structure’’
means the set of units and organizations that
exist in the current year and that is planned
to exist in each future year under the then-
current Future-Years Defense Program.
(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 505(a)(1),
Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 295, § 3201; amended Pub.
L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(f)(37), Jan. 2,
2013, 126 Stat. 1954; renumbered § 7101, Pub. L.
115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(1), Aug. 13, 2018,
132 Stat. 1838.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 7101 was renumbered section 8591 of
this title.
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3201 of this
tit
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