1. (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.
2. (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, § 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, § 820(a), Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 544, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 98–525, §§ 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, § 101(h) [title VIII, § 8034], Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1904, 1930.

Pub. L. 98–212, title VII, § 742, Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1446.

Pub. L. 97–377, title I, § 101(c) [title VII, § 745], Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1833, 1858.

Pub. L. 97–114, title VII, § 746, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1586.

Pub. L. 96–527, title VII, § 747, Dec. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 3089.

Pub. L. 96–154, title VII, § 748, Dec. 21, 1979, 93 Stat. 1160.

Pub. L. 95–457, title VIII, § 848, Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 1252.

Pub. L. 95–111, title VIII, § 849, Sept. 21, 1977, 91 Stat. 908.

Pub. L. 94–419, title VII, § 748, Sept. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 1299.

Pub. L. 94–212, title VII, § 745, Feb. 9, 1976, 90 Stat. 175.

Pub. L. 93–437, title VIII, § 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.

Transfer of Functions For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.