[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1666 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1666

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a temporary five-year 
 increase in the minimum end-strength levels for active-duty personnel 
  for the Armed Forces, to increase the number of Special Operations 
                    Forces, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2005

   Mrs. Tauscher (for herself, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Larson of 
Connecticut, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
Kind, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Smith 
   of Washington, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. 
Etheridge, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Evans, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Butterfield, 
Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cramer, 
Mr. Boswell, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Melancon, Ms. Herseth, Mr. 
   Ortiz, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Israel, Mr. 
    Ackerman, Mr. Dicks, Mrs. Davis of California, and Mr. Spratt) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a temporary five-year 
 increase in the minimum end-strength levels for active-duty personnel 
  for the Armed Forces, to increase the number of Special Operations 
                    Forces, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN MINIMUM ACTIVE-DUTY END-STRENGTH 
              LEVELS AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES STRENGTHS FOR THE 
              ARMED FORCES.

    (a) Minimum Active-Duty Strength Levels.--Section 691 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (d) the 
following new subsection:
    ``(e) For each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, the numbers in 
effect for purposes of subsection (b) shall be the following, which 
shall be treated as the strengths specified in that subsection for 
purposes of subsections (c) and (d):
            ``(1) For the Army, 532,400.
            ``(2) For the Navy, 367,900.
            ``(3) For the Marine Corps, 190,000.
            ``(4) For the Air Force, 360,700.''.
    (b) Special Operations Forces.--Such section is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall manage the selection, 
training, and retention of Special Operations Forces personnel so that 
as of September 30, 2010, the total number of such personnel is not 
less than the number equal to the baseline number plus 10,000. The 
Secretary shall ensure that, of the increase in Special Operations 
Forces personnel required by the preceding sentence--
            ``(A) not less than 6,000 shall be in Army Special 
        Operations Forces personnel;
            ``(B) not less than 2,000 shall be in Navy Special 
        Operations Forces personnel; and
            ``(C) not less than 2,000 shall be in Air Force Special 
        Operations Forces personnel.
    ``(2) In order to accomplish the implementation of the increase in 
the total number of Special Operations Forces personnel required by 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall manage Special Operations Forces 
personnel so that--
            ``(A) as of September 30, 2006, the total number of such 
        personnel is not less than the number equal to the baseline 
        number plus 2,000;
            ``(B) as of September 30, 2007, the total number of such 
        personnel is not less than the number equal to the baseline 
        number plus 4,000;
            ``(C) as of September 30, 2008, the total number of such 
        personnel is not less than the number equal to the baseline 
        number plus 6,000; and
            ``(D) as of September 30, 2009, the total number of such 
        personnel is not less than the number equal to the baseline 
        number plus 8,000.
    ``(3) In this subsection:
            ``(A) The term `Special Operations Forces personnel' means 
        members of the Army, Navy, or Air Force who are qualified and 
        designated as Special Operations Forces personnel.
            ``(B) The term `baseline number' means the total number of 
        Special Operations Forces personnel as of September 30, 
        2004.''.
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