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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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2005
Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. HOYER, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, 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. MEE-
HAN, 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 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a tem-
porary 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 Representa-
tives 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 sub-
section: 
‘‘(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 spec-
ified 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 Spe-
cial Operations Forces personnel; 
‘‘(B) not less than 2,000 shall be in Navy Spe-
cial 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 num-
ber 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 num-
ber 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 num-
ber 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 num-
ber 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 per-
sonnel’ 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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