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(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 106,700. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 71,400. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 10,000. 
(b) END STRENGTH REDUCTIONS.—The end strengths 
prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any 
reserve component 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. 
(c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 
individual members of the Selected Reserve of any reserve 
component are released 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 in-
creased proportionately by the total authorized strengths of 
such units and by the total number of such individual mem-
bers.
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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 number 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, recruiting, 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, 10,688. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 14,584. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 2,992. 
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 reserve 
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, 8,395.
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(2) For the Army National Guard of the United 
States, 27,210. 
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 10,720. 
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United 
States, 22,394. 
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 
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
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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 sup-
port 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. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for military personnel 
for fiscal year 2012 a total of $142,347,648,000.
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(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The author-
ization of appropriations in subsection (a) supersedes any 
other authorization of appropriations (definite or indefi-
nite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2012. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Generally 
SEC. 501. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS FOR MA-
RINE CORPS OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY. 
Section 523(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking those parts of the table pertaining to 
the Marine Corps and inserting the following: 
‘‘Marine Corps: ......................................
10,000 .................................................
2,802 
1,615 
633
12,500 .................................................
3,247 
1,768 
658
15,000 .................................................
3,691 
1,922 
684
17,500 .................................................
4,135 
2,076 
710
20,000 .................................................
4,579 
2,230 
736
22,500 .................................................
5,024 
2,383 
762
25,000 .................................................
5,468 
2,537 
787’’. 
SEC. 502. VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 36 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 638a the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 638b. Voluntary retirement incentive 
‘‘(a) INCENTIVE FOR VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT FOR 
CERTAIN OFFICERS.—The Secretary of Defense may au-
thorize the Secretary of a military department to provide
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a voluntary retirement incentive payment in accordance 
with this section to an officer of the armed forces under 
that Secretary’s jurisdiction who is specified in subsection 
(b) as being eligible for such a payment. Any such authority 
provided the Secretary of a military department under the 
preceding sentence shall expire as specified by the Secretary 
of Defense, but not later than December 31, 2018. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE OFFICERS.—(1) Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), an officer of the armed forces is eligible for 
a voluntary retirement incentive payment under this sec-
tion if the officer— 
‘‘(A) has served on active duty for more than 20 
years, but not more than 29 years, on the approved 
date of retirement; 
‘‘(B) meets the minimum length of commissioned 
service requirement for voluntary retirement as a 
commissioned officer in accordance with section 3911, 
6323, or 8911 of this title, as applicable to that offi-
cer; 
‘‘(C) on the approved date of retirement, has 12 
months or more remaining on active-duty service be-
fore reaching the maximum retirement years of active 
service for the member’s grade as specified in section 
633 or 634 of this title;
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‘‘(D) on the approved date of retirement, has 12 
months or more remaining on active-duty service be-
fore reaching the maximum retirement age under any 
other provision of law; and 
‘‘(E) meets any additional requirements for such 
eligibility as is specified by the Secretary concerned, 
including any requirement relating to years of serv-
ice, skill rating, military specialty or competitive cat-
egory, grade, any remaining period of obligated serv-
ice, or any combination thereof. 
‘‘(2) The following officers are not eligible for a vol-
untary retirement incentive payment under this section: 
‘‘(A) An officer being evaluated for disability 
under chapter 61 of this title. 
‘‘(B) An officer projected to be retired under sec-
tion 1201 or 1204 of this title. 
‘‘(C) An officer projected to be discharged with 
disability severance pay under section 1212 of this 
title. 
‘‘(D) A member transferred to the temporary dis-
ability retired list under section 1202 or 1205 of this 
title. 
‘‘(E) An officer subject to pending disciplinary 
action or subject to administrative separation or