[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1912 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1912

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to exclude additional reserve 
 component general and flag officers from the limitation on the number 
       of general or flag officers who may serve on active duty.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 2, 1998

  Mr. Ford (for himself, and Mr. Bond) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to exclude additional reserve 
 component general and flag officers from the limitation on the number 
       of general or flag officers who may serve on active duty.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL RESERVE COMPONENT GENERAL AND FLAG 
              OFFICERS FROM LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF GENERAL AND FLAG 
              OFFICERS WHO MAY SERVE ON ACTIVE DUTY.

    Section 526(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(d) Exclusion of Certain Reserve Officers.--(1) Subject to 
paragraph (2), the limitations of this section do not apply to the 
following reserve component general or flag officers:
            ``(A) A general or flag officer who is on active duty for 
        training.
            ``(B) A general or flag officer who is on active duty under 
        a call or order specifying a period of less than 180 days.
            ``(C) A general or flag officer who is on active duty under 
        a call or order specifying a period of more than 179 days.
    ``(2) The number of general or flag officers of an armed force 
covered by paragraph (1)(C) at any one time may not exceed the number 
equal to three percent of the number specified for that armed force 
under subsection (a).''.
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