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[CITE: 10USC981]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER 49--MISCELLANEOUS PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES
 
Sec. 981. Limitation on number of enlisted aides

    (a) Subject to subsection (b), the total number of enlisted members 
that may be assigned or otherwise detailed to duty as enlisted aides on 
the personal staffs of officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air 
Force, and Coast Guard (when operating as a service of the Navy) during 
a fiscal year is the number equal to the sum of (1) four times the 
number of officers serving on active duty at the end of the preceding 
fiscal year in the grade of general or admiral, and (2) two times the 
number of officers serving on active duty at the end of the preceding 
fiscal year in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral.
    (b) Not more than 300 enlisted members may be assigned to duty at 
any time as enlisted aides for officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, 
and Marine Corps.

(Added Pub. L. 98-525, title XIV, Sec. 1401(c)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 
Stat. 2615.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in subsec. (a) of this section were 
contained in Pub. L. 94-106, title VIII, Sec. 820(a), Oct. 7, 1975, 89 
Stat. 544, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 98-525, Secs. 1403(c), 1404, eff. 
Oct. 1, 1985.
    Provisions similar to those in subsec. (b) of this section were 
contained in the following appropriation acts:
    Pub. L. 98-473, title I, Sec. 101(h) [title VIII, Sec. 8034], Oct. 
12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1904, 1930.
    Pub. L. 98-212, title VII, Sec. 742, Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1446.
    Pub. L. 97-377, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title VII, Sec. 745], Dec. 21, 
1982, 96 Stat. 1833, 1858.
    Pub. L. 97-114, title VII, Sec. 746, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1586.
    Pub. L. 96-527, title VII, Sec. 747, Dec. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 3089.
    Pub. L. 96-154, title VII, Sec. 748, Dec. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 1160.
    Pub. L. 95-457, title VIII, Sec. 848, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1252.
    Pub. L. 95-111, title VIII, Sec. 849, Sept. 21, 1977, 91 Stat. 908.
    Pub. L. 94-419, title VII, Sec. 748, Sept. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 1299.
    Pub. L. 94-212, title VII, Sec. 745, Feb. 9, 1976, 90 Stat. 175.
    Pub. L. 93-437, title VIII, Sec. 848, Oct. 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 1232.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1404 of Pub. L. 98-525, 
set out as a note under section 520b of this title.
