of such units and by the total number of such individual 
members. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 
411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are 
authorized, as of September 30, 2012, the following num-
ber of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or 
full-time duty, in the case of members of the National 
Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, re-
cruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 32,060. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 16,261. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 10,337. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 14,833. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 2,662. 
SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 
(DUAL STATUS). 
The minimum number of military technicians (dual 
status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2012 for the re-
serve components of the Army and the Air Force (notwith-
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standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 
be the following: 
(1) For the Army Reserve, 8,395. 
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United 
States, 27,210. 
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 10,777. 
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United 
States, 22,509. 
SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2012 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF 
NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) NATIONAL GUARD.—Within the limitation 
provided in section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United 
States Code, the number of non-dual status techni-
cians employed by the National Guard as of Sep-
tember 30, 2012, may not exceed the following: 
(A) For the Army National Guard of the 
United States, 1,600. 
(B) For the Air National Guard of the 
United States, 350. 
(2) ARMY RESERVE.—The number of non-dual 
status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as 
of September 30, 2012, may not exceed 595. 
(3) AIR FORCE RESERVE.—The number of non- 
dual status technicians employed by the Air Force 
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Reserve as of September 30, 2012, may not exceed 
90. 
(b) NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘non-dual status technician’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 10217(a) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 415. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU-
THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
During fiscal year 2012, the maximum number of 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 
who may be serving at any time on full-time operational 
support duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 17,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,000. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 
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Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for military per-
sonnel for fiscal year 2012 a total of $132,096,541,000. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The au-
thorization of appropriations in subsection (a) supersedes 
any other authorization of appropriations (definite or in-
definite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2012. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel 
Policy 
SEC. 501. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CONSIDER-
ATION FOR PROMOTION FOR CERTAIN RE-
SERVE OFFICERS OF THE ARMY EMPLOYED 
AS ARMY RESERVE MILITARY TECHNICIANS. 
Section 14301 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after paragraph (h), the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(i) CERTAIN RESERVE OFFICERS.—A reserve offi-
cer who is employed as military technician (dual status) 
under section 10216 of this title, and who has been re-
tained beyond mandatory removal date for years of service 
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under the provisions of either section 10216(f) or 
14702(a)(2) of this title, is not eligible for consideration 
for promotion by a mandatory promotion board convened 
under section 14101(a) of this title.’’. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 
511. 
MODIFICATION 
OF 
TIME 
IN 
WHICH 
PRESEPARATION 
COUNSELING 
MUST 
BE 
PROVIDED FOR RESERVE COMPONENT MEM-
BERS BEING DEMOBILIZED. 
Section 1142(a)(3)(B) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or in the case of a member 
of a reserve component who is being demobilized under 
circumstances in which (as determined by the Secretary 
concerned) operational requirements make the 90-day re-
quirement under subparagraph (A) unfeasible,’’ after ‘‘or 
separation date,’’. 
SEC. 512. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF AUTHOR-
ITY FOR DEFERRAL OF MANDATORY SEPARA-
TION OF MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL STA-
TUS) UNTIL AGE 60. 
Section 10216(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY FOR’’ before ‘‘DE-
FERRAL OF MANDATORY SEPARATION’’; 
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(2) by striking ‘‘shall implement’’ and inserting 
‘‘may each implement’’; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘, at the discretion of the Sec-
retary concerned,’’ after ‘‘so as to allow’’; and 
(4) by inserting ‘‘(in the case of such a military 
technician (dual status) who is an officer)’’ after 
‘‘for officers’’. 
Subtitle C—Education and 
Training 
SEC. 521. NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY OUTPLACE-
MENT WAIVER. 
(a) WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR OFFICERS NOT DES-
IGNATED AS JOINT QUALIFIED OFFICERS.—Subsection 
(b) of section 663 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘to a 
joint duty assignment’’ the following: ‘‘(or, as au-
thorized by the Secretary in an individual case, to a 
joint assignment other than a joint duty assign-
ment)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the joint duty assign-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘the assignment’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a joint duty assignment’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such an assignment’’. 
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