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[CITE: 10USC123a]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
                 CHAPTER 3--GENERAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
 
Sec. 123a. Suspension of end-strength limitations in time of war 
        or national emergency
        
    If at the end of any fiscal year there is in effect a war or 
national emergency, the President may defer the effectiveness of any 
end-strength limitation with respect to that fiscal year prescribed by 
law for any military or civilian component of the armed forces or of the 
Department of Defense. Any such deferral may not extend beyond November 
30 of the following fiscal year.

(Added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XIV, Sec. 1483(b)(1), Nov. 5, 
1990, 104 Stat. 1715.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 115(b)(4) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101-510, 
Sec. 1483(a).
