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SEC. 402. REVISION IN PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END 
STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS. 
(a) REVISION.—Section 691(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (1) 
through (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) For the Army, 482,400. 
‘‘(2) For the Navy, 352,700. 
‘‘(3) For the Marine Corps, 175,000. 
‘‘(4) For the Air Force, 357,400.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2005, or the 
date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 
strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve 
components as of September 30, 2006, as follows: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 350,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 205,000. 
(3) The Naval Reserve, 73,100. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,600. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 106,800. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 74,000. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 10,000.
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(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—The end strengths prescribed by 
subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any reserve com-
ponent shall be proportionately reduced by—
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of 
such component which are on active duty (other 
than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 
(2) the total number of individual members not 
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 
Reserve of such component who are on active duty 
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end 
of the fiscal year. 
Whenever such units or such individual members are re-
leased from active duty during any fiscal year, the end 
strength prescribed for such fiscal year for the Selected 
Reserve of such reserve component shall be increased pro-
portionately by the total authorized strengths 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, 2006, the following num-
ber of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or
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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, 27,345. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 15,270. 
(3) The Naval Reserve, 13,392. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 13,089. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 2,290. 
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 2006 for the re-
serve components of the Army and the Air Force (notwith-
standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 
be the following: 
(1) For the Army Reserve, 7,649. 
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United 
States, 25,563. 
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 9,853. 
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United 
States, 22,971.