10 U.S.C. § 12012 — Authorized strengths: senior enlisted

Page 3638 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 12012 EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 98–525 effective Oct. 1, 1984, see section 413(c) of Pub. L. 98–525, set out as a note under section 517 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1983 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 98–94 effective Oct. 1, 1983, see section 503(c) of Pub. L. 98–94, set out as a note under section 517 of this title. § 12012. Authorized strengths: senior enlisted members on active duty or on full-time Na- tional Guard duty for administration of the reserves or the National Guard (a) LIMITATIONS.—Of the total number of mem- bers of a reserve component who are serving on full-time reserve component duty at the end of any fiscal year, the number of those members in each of pay grades of E–8 and E–9 who may be serving on active duty under section 10211 or 12310, or on full-time National Guard duty under the authority of section 502(f) of title 32 (other than for training) in connection with orga- nizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components or the National Guard may not, as of the end of that fiscal year, exceed the number determined in accordance with the following table: Total number of members of a reserve component serving on full-time reserve compo- nent duty: Number of members of that reserve component who may be serving in the grade of: E–8 E–9 Army Reserve: 10,000 .................................... 1,052 154 11,000 .................................... 1,126 168 12,000 .................................... 1,195 180 13,000 .................................... 1,261 191 14,000 .................................... 1,327 202 15,000 .................................... 1,391 213 16,000 .................................... 1,455 224 17,000 .................................... 1,519 235 18,000 .................................... 1,583 246 19,000 .................................... 1,647 257 20,000 .................................... 1,711 268 21,000 .................................... 1,775 278 Army National Guard: 20,000 .................................... 1,650 550 22,000 .................................... 1,775 615 24,000 .................................... 1,950 645 26,000 .................................... 2,100 675 28,000 .................................... 2,250 715 30,000 .................................... 2,400 735 32,000 .................................... 2,500 760 34,000 .................................... 2,600 780 36,000 .................................... 2,700 800 38,000 .................................... 2,800 820 40,000 .................................... 2,900 830 42,000 .................................... 3,000 840 Navy Reserve: 10,000 .................................... 340 143 11,000 .................................... 364 156 12,000 .................................... 386 169 13,000 .................................... 407 182 14,000 .................................... 423 195 15,000 .................................... 435 208 16,000 .................................... 447 221 17,000 .................................... 459 234 18,000 .................................... 471 247 19,000 .................................... 483 260 20,000 .................................... 495 273 21,000 .................................... 507 286 Total number of members of a reserve component serving on full-time reserve compo- nent duty: Number of members of that reserve component who may be serving in the grade of: E–8 E–9 22,000 .................................... 519 299 23,000 .................................... 531 312 24,000 .................................... 540 325 Marine Corps Reserve: 1,100 ...................................... 50 11 1,200 ...................................... 55 12 1,300 ...................................... 60 13 1,400 ...................................... 65 14 1,500 ...................................... 70 15 1,600 ...................................... 75 16 1,700 ...................................... 80 17 1,800 ...................................... 85 18 1,900 ...................................... 89 19 2,000 ...................................... 93 20 2,100 ...................................... 96 21 2,200 ...................................... 99 22 2,300 ...................................... 101 23 2,400 ...................................... 106 24 2,500 ...................................... 112 25 2,600 ...................................... 116 26 2,700 ...................................... 121 27 2,800 ...................................... 125 28 2,900 ...................................... 130 29 3,000 ...................................... 134 30 Air Force Reserve: 500 ........................................ 75 40 1,000 ...................................... 145 75 1,500 ...................................... 208 105 2,000 ...................................... 270 130 2,500 ...................................... 325 150 3,000 ...................................... 375 170 3,500 ...................................... 420 190 4,000 ...................................... 460 210 4,500 ...................................... 495 230 5,000 ...................................... 530 250 5,500 ...................................... 565 270 6,000 ...................................... 600 290 7,000 ...................................... 670 330 8,000 ...................................... 740 370 10,000 .................................... 800 400 Air National Guard: 10,000 .................................... 1,350 550 12,000 .................................... 1,466 594 14,000 .................................... 1,582 636 16,000 .................................... 1,698 676 18,000 .................................... 1,814 714 20,000 .................................... 1,930 752 22,000 .................................... 2,046 790 24,000 .................................... 2,162 828 26,000 .................................... 2,278 866 28,000 .................................... 2,394 904 30,000 .................................... 2,510 942 32,000 .................................... 2,626 980 34,000 .................................... 2,742 1,018 36,000 .................................... 2,858 1,056 38,000 .................................... 2,974 1,094 40,000 .................................... 3,090 1,132 . (b) DETERMINATIONS BY INTERPOLATION.—If the total number of members of a reserve compo- nent serving on full-time reserve component duty is between any two consecutive numbers in the first column of the table in subsection (a), the corresponding authorized strengths for each of the grades shown in that table for that com- ponent are determined by mathematical inter- polation between the respective numbers of the two strengths. If the total number of members of a reserve component serving on full-time re- Page 3639 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 12012 serve component duty is more or less than the highest or lowest number, respectively, set forth in the first column of the table in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall fix the cor- responding strengths for the grades shown in the table at the same proportion as is reflected in the nearest limit shown in the table. (c) REALLOCATIONS TO LOWER GRADE.—When- ever the number of members serving in pay grade E–9 for duty described in subsection (a) is less than the number authorized for that grade under this section, the difference between the two numbers may be applied to increase the number authorized under this section for pay grade E–8. (d) SECRETARIAL WAIVER.—(1) Upon deter- mining that it is in the national interest to do so, the Secretary of Defense may increase for a particular fiscal year the number of reserve en- listed members that may be on active duty or full-time National Guard duty as described in subsection (a) for a reserve component in a pay grade referred to in a table in subsection (a) by a number that does not exceed the number equal to 5 percent of the maximum number specified for that grade and reserve component in the table. (2) Whenever the Secretary exercises the au- thority provided in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Serv- ices of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives notice in writing of the adjustment made. (e) FULL-TIME RESERVE COMPONENT DUTY DE- FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘full-time re- serve component duty’’ has the meaning given the term in section 12011(e) of this title. (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2987; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title IV, § 414(b), title XV, § 1501(b)(10), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 288, 496; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title IV, § 414(b), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 1998; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title IV, § 414(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 586; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title IV, §§ 415(b), 421(c), 424(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–94 to 1654A–96; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title IV, § 415(b), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1073; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, § 1084(d)(34), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2063; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(II), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3233; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, § 512(c), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4440; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 515(b), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1753; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title IV, § 415(c), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1337.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to those in this section were con- tained in section 517(b), (c) of this title, prior to amend- ment by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1662(a)(4). AMENDMENTS 2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–92 inserted section of table relating to the Marine Corps Reserve and struck out corresponding former section. 2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232 inserted section of table relating to the Air National Guard and struck out corresponding former section. 2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–417 inserted section of table relating to the Army National Guard and struck out corresponding former section. 2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–163 substituted ‘‘Navy Reserve’’ for ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ in table. 2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–375 inserted colon after ‘‘Air National Guard’’ in table. 2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–107 inserted heading and amended text of subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amend- ment, text consisted of table setting out maximum number of enlisted members in pay grades E–8 and E–9 who may be on active duty (other than for training) or on full-time National Guard duty (other than for train- ing) as of the end of any fiscal year in connection with organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components or the National Guard. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–107 inserted heading and amended text of subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amend- ment, text read as follows: ‘‘Whenever the number of members serving in pay grade E–9 for duty described in subsection (a) is less than the number authorized for that grade under subsection (a), the difference between the two numbers may be applied to increase the num- ber authorized under such subsection for pay grade E–8.’’ Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–107 inserted heading and amended text of subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amend- ment, text read as follows: ‘‘Whenever under section 527 of this title the President may suspend the operation of any provision of section 523, 525, or 526 of this title, the Secretary of Defense may suspend the operation of any provision of this section. Any such suspension shall, if not sooner ended, end in the manner specified in sec- tion 527 for a suspension under that section.’’ Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–107 inserted heading and amended text of subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amend- ment, text read as follows: ‘‘Upon increasing under sub- section (c)(2) of section 115 of this title the end strength that is authorized under subsection (a)(1)(B) of that section for a fiscal year for active-duty personnel and full-time National Guard duty personnel of an armed force who are to be paid from funds appropriated for re- serve personnel, the Secretary of Defense may increase for that fiscal year the limitation that is set forth in subsection (a) of this section for the number of enlisted members of that armed force serving in any grade if the Secretary determines that such action is in the na- tional interest. The percent of the increase may not ex- ceed the percent by which the Secretary increases that end strength.’’ Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107–107 added subsec. (e). 2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title IV, § 415(b)], amended table generally, increasing the fiscal year limitation on number of enlisted members in the Army in grade of E–9 from 645 to 764 and in grade of E–8 from 2,593 to 2,821, and in the Air Force in grade of E–9 from 405 to 502 and in grade of E–8 from 1,041 to 1,117. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title IV, § 421(c)], added subsec. (c). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title IV, § 424(b)], added subsec. (d). 1999—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–65 amended table gen- erally, increasing the fiscal year limitation on number of enlisted members in the Army in grade of E–9 from 623 to 645 and in grade of E–8 from 2,585 to 2,593, and in the Air Force in grade of E–9 from 395 to 405 and in grade of E–8 from 997 to 1,041. 1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–261, in table, in grade E–9 increased figure for Army from 603 to 623 and for Air Force from 366 to 395, and in grade E–8 increased figure for Air Force from 890 to 997. 1996—Pub. L. 104–106, § 1501(b)(10), substituted ‘‘the National’’ for ‘‘National’’ in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–106, § 414(b), in table, in grade E–9, increased figure for Army from 569 to 603, for Air Force from 328 to 366, and for Marine Corps from 14 to 20, and in grade E–8, increased figure for Air Force from 840 to 890 and for Marine Corps from 74 to 94. All other figures remained unchanged. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT Amendment by section 1 [[div. A], title IV, § 415(b)] of Pub. L. 106–398 effective Oct. 1, 2000, see section 1 [[div. Page 3640 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 12101 A], title IV, § 415(c)] of Pub. L. 106–398, set out as a note under section 12011 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 105–261 effective Oct. 1, 1998, see section 414(c) of Pub. L. 105–261, set out as a note under section 12011 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT Amendment by section 1501(b)(10) of Pub. L. 104–106 effective as if included in the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act, title XVI of Pub. L. 103–337, as en- acted on Oct. 5, 1994, see section 1501(f)(3) of Pub. L. 104–106, set out as a note under section 113 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise pro- vided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title. CHAPTER 1203—ENLISTED MEMBERS Sec. 12101. Definition. 12102. Reserve components: qualifications. 12103. Reserve components: terms. 12104. Reserve components: transfers. 12105. Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve: trans- fer from Guard components. 12106. Army and Air Force Reserve: transfer to upon withdrawal as member of National Guard. 12107. Army National Guard of United States; Air National Guard of the United States: enlist- ment in. 12108. Enlisted members: discharge or retirement for years of service or for age. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2001—Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 517(f)(2), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1096, added item 12108. § 12101. Definition In this chapter, the term ‘‘enlistment’’ means original enlistment or reenlistment. (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(b)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2988.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise pro- vided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title. § 12102. Reserve components: qualifications (a) To become an enlisted member of a reserve component a person must be enlisted as a Re- serve of an armed force and subscribe to the oath prescribed by section 502 of this title, or be transferred to that component according to law. In addition, to become an enlisted member of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States, he must meet the requirements of section 12107 of this title. (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Secretary concerned shall prescribe physical, mental, moral, professional, and age qualifica- tions for the enlistment of persons as Reserves of the armed forces under his jurisdiction. How- ever, no person may be enlisted as a Reserve un- less— (1) he is a citizen of the United States or has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigra- tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); or (2) he has previously served in the armed forces or in the National Security Training Corps. (c) A person who is otherwise qualified, but who has a physical defect that the Secretary concerned determines will not interfere with the performance of the duties to which that person may be assigned, may be enlisted as a Reserve of any armed force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 17, § 510; Pub. L. 88–236, Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 474; Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(2), Nov. 8, 1967, 81 Stat. 374; Pub. L. 90–623, § 2(3), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1314; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 511(13), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2921; re- numbered § 12102 and amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1631(a), 1662(b)(2), 1675(a), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2964, 2989, 3017; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1501(a)(5)(A), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 495.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 510(a) ...... 510(b) ...... 510(c) ...... 510(d) ...... 50:952 (less proviso). 50:941(a) (as applicable to enlistments). 50:941(b) (as applicable to enlistments). 50:956 (as applicable to enlistments). July 9, 1952, ch. 608, §§ 217 (less (c), as applicable to enlistments), 228 (less proviso), 232 (as applicable to enlist- ments), 66 Stat. 486, 488, 489. In subsection (a), the last sentence is inserted to re- flect sections 3261 and 8261 of this title. In subsection (b), the word ‘‘However’’ is substituted for the words ‘‘Subject to the limitation that’’. The words ‘‘as Reserves in the armed forces under his juris- diction’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘of Reserve members of the Armed Forces of the United States’’. The words ‘‘its Territories’’ are omitted as surplusage, since citizens of the Territories are citizens of the United States. In subsection (c), the words ‘‘armed force concerned’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘of the appropriate Armed Force of the United States’’. The words ‘‘in which she previously served satisfactorily’’ are sub- stituted for the words ‘‘satisfactorily held by her’’. In subsection (d), the words ‘‘under the jurisdiction of that Secretary’’ are inserted for clarity. The words ‘‘general or special’’ are omitted as surplusage. Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 163, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 12 (§ 1101 et seq.) of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1101 of Title 8 and Tables. AMENDMENTS 1996—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 104–106 made technical correction to directory language of Pub. L. 103–337, § 1631(a). See 1994 Amendment note below. 1994—Pub. L. 103–337, § 1662(b)(2), renumbered section 510 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–337, § 1675(a), substituted ‘‘12107’’ for ‘‘3261 or 8261’’. Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 103–337, § 1631(a), as amended by Pub. L. 104–106, redesignated subsec. (d) as (c) and