140 
•HR 1585 EH1S 
Base in Spokane, Washington, or to reassign or reorganize 
any of the search and rescue capabilities of that unit. 
SEC. 368. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR 
INITIAL FLIGHT SCREENING AT PUEBLO ME-
MORIAL AIRPORT. 
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for ini-
tial flight screening at Pueblo Memorial Airport, not more 
than 50 percent shall be expended until the Secretary of 
the Air Force submits to the congressional defense com-
mittees a certification that the Secretary has developed a 
plan, together with the City of Pueblo, Colorado, to meet 
Air Force crash, fire, and rescue requirements to support 
Air Force flight operations at Pueblo Memorial Airport. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY 
PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Sec. 402. Revision in permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. 
Sec. 403. Additional authority for increases of Army and Marine Corps active 
duty end strengths for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. 
Sec. 404. Increase in authorized strengths for Army officers on active duty in 
the grade of major. 
Sec. 405. Increase in authorized strengths for Navy officers on active duty in 
the grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2008 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active 
duty for operational support. 
Sec. 416. Future authorizations and accounting for certain reserve component 
personnel authorized to be on active duty or full-time National 
Guard duty to provide operational support. 
Sec. 417. Revision of variances authorized for Selected Reserve end strengths.
141 
•HR 1585 EH1S 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
Sec. 422. Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
Sec. 423. Offsetting transfers from National Defense Stockpile Transaction 
Fund. 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 
strengths for active duty personnel as of September 30, 
2008, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 525,400. 
(2) The Navy, 329,098. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 189,000. 
(4) The Air Force, 329,651. 
(b) LIMITATION.— 
(1) ARMY.—The authorized strength for the 
Army provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) 
for active duty personnel for fiscal year 2008 is sub-
ject to the condition that costs of active duty per-
sonnel of the Army for that fiscal year in excess of 
489,400 shall be paid out of funds authorized to be 
appropriated for that fiscal year by section 1514. 
(2) MARINE CORPS.—The authorized strength 
for the Marine Corps provided in paragraph (3) of 
subsection (a) for active duty personnel for fiscal 
year 2008 is subject to the condition that costs of 
active duty personnel of the Marine Corps for that
142 
•HR 1585 EH1S 
fiscal year in excess of 180,000 shall be paid out of 
funds authorized to be appropriated for that fiscal 
year by section 1514. 
SEC. 402. REVISION IN PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END 
STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS. 
Section 691(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and in-
serting the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) For the Army, 525,400. 
‘‘(2) For the Navy, 329,098. 
‘‘(3) For the Marine Corps, 189,000. 
‘‘(4) For the Air Force, 329,563.’’. 
SEC. 403. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES OF 
ARMY AND MARINE CORPS ACTIVE DUTY END 
STRENGTHS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2009 AND 
2010. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ARMY ACTIVE DUTY 
END STRENGTHS.—For each of fiscal years 2009 and 
2010, the Secretary of Defense may, as the Secretary de-
termines necessary for the purposes described in sub-
section (c), establish the active-duty end strength for the 
Army at a number greater than the number otherwise au-
thorized by law up to the number equal to the fiscal-year 
2008 baseline plus 22,000.
143 
•HR 1585 EH1S 
(b) MARINE CORPS.—For each of fiscal years 2009 
and 2010, the Secretary of Defense may, as the Secretary 
determines necessary for the purposes described in sub-
section (c), establish the active-duty end strength for the 
Marine Corps at a number greater than the number other-
wise authorized by law up to the number equal to the fis-
cal-year 2008 baseline plus 13,000. 
(c) PURPOSE
OF INCREASES.—The purposes for 
which increases may be made in Army and Marine Corps 
active duty end strengths under this section are— 
(1) to support operational missions; and 
(2) to achieve transformational reorganization 
objectives, including objectives for increased num-
bers of combat brigades and battalions, increased 
unit manning, force stabilization and shaping, and 
rebalancing of the active and reserve component 
forces. 
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AU-
THORITY.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
limit the President’s authority under section 123a of title 
10, United States Code, to waive any statutory end 
strength in a time of war or national emergency. 
(e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER VARIANCE AUTHOR-
ITY.—The authority under this section is in addition to 
the authority to vary authorized end strengths that is pro-