10 U.S.C. § 3205
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONThe text of subsec. (g) of section 2304 of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116-283, §1811(d)(9), was based on Pub. L. 98-369, div. B, title VII, §2723(a)(1)(C), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1187; Pub. L. 100-26, §7(d)(3)(A), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 281; Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title VIII, §806(b), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1592; Pub. L. 102-25, §701(d)(2)(A), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 114; Pub. L. 103-355, §1001(2), title IV, §4401(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3249, 3347; Pub. L. 104-106, div. D, title XLII, §4202(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 652; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title VIII, §850(f)(3)(B), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1850; Pub. L. 111-350, §5(b) (12)(D), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3843; Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title VIII, §836(c)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1864.
PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 3205, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 173; Pub. L. 85-600, §1(3), Aug. 6, 1958, 72 Stat. 522; Pub. L. 85-861, §1(60), (65), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1462, 1463; Pub. L. 95-551, §2, Oct. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 2069, prescribed authorized strength of Regular Army in commissioned officers on active list, exclusive of certain categories, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96-513, title II, §202, title VII, §701, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2878, 2955, effective Sept. 15, 1981.
AMENDMENTS2021-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116-283, §1811(d)(9)(A), (C), inserted heading, struck out par. (1) designation before "In order to", and redesignated subpars. (A) and (B) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively. Former pars. (2) to (4) redesignated subsecs. (b) to (d), respectively. Pub. L. 116-283, §1811(d)(9), redesignated subsec. (g) of section 2304 of this title as subsec. (a) of this section.Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116-283, §1811(d)(9)(B), (D), redesignated subsec. (a)(2) as (b), inserted heading, and substituted "subsection (a)" for "paragraph (1)".Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116-283, §1811(d)(9)(B), (E), redesignated subsec. (a)(3) as (c) and inserted heading.Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116-283, §1811(d)(9)(B), (F), redesignated subsec. (a)(4) as (d) and inserted heading.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection and amendment by Pub. L. 116-283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116-283, set out as an Effective Date of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.
- authorized strength
- The term "authorized strength" means the largest number of members authorized to be in an armed force, a component, a branch, a grade, or any other category of the armed forces.
- officer
- The term "officer" means a commissioned or warrant officer.