1. (a) Active Duty Strength.— The Coast Guard is authorized an end-of-year strength for active duty personnel of 44,500 for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021.

2. (b) Military Training Student Loads.— The Coast Guard is authorized average military training student loads for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021 as follows:

   1. (1) For recruit and special training, 2,500 student years.
   2. (2) For flight training, 165 student years.
   3. (3) For professional training in military and civilian institutions, 350 student years.
   4. (4) For officer acquisition, 1,200 student years.

(Added Pub. L. 114–120, title I, § 101(a), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 29, § 2704; renumbered § 4904 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 121(b), title II, § 203, Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4238, 4242; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXI [LXXXI], § 8102, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4634.)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, § 8102(1), substituted “44,500 for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021” for “43,000 for fiscal year 2018 and 44,500 for fiscal year 2019”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 8102(2), substituted “fiscal years 2020 and 2021” for “fiscal years 2018 and 2019” in introductory provisions.

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 2704 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–282, § 203(1), substituted “for fiscal year 2018 and 44,500 for fiscal year 2019” for “for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–282, § 203(2), substituted “fiscal years 2018 and 2019” for “fiscal years 2016 and 2017” in introductory provisions.