14 U.S.C. § 661 : US Code - Section 661: Authorization of personnel end strengths

Search 14 U.S.C. § 661 : US Code - Section 661: Authorization of personnel end strengths

(a) For each fiscal year, Congress shall authorize the strength
for active duty personnel of the Coast Guard as of the end of that
fiscal year. Amounts may be appropriated for a fiscal year to or
for the use of active duty personnel of the Coast Guard only if the
end strength for active duty personnel for that fiscal year has
been authorized by law. If at the end of any fiscal year there is
in effect a declaration of 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 Coast Guard, for a period not to exceed 6
months after the end of the war or termination of the national
emergency.
(b)(1) Congress shall authorize the average military training
student loads for the Coast Guard for each fiscal year. That
authorization is required for student loads for the following
individual training categories:
(A) Recruit and specialized training.
(B) Flight training.
(C) Professional training in military and civilian
institutions.
(D) Officer acquisition training.
(2) Amounts may be appropriated for a fiscal year for use in
training military personnel of the Coast Guard in the categories
referred to in paragraph (1) only if the average student loads for
the Coast Guard for that fiscal year have been authorized by law.