{"identifier":"/us/usc/t33/s3003","title":33,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3003.","heading":"Authorized number on the active list","text":"\u00a7\u202f3003.\nAuthorized number on the active list\n(a)\nAnnual strength on active list\nThe annual strength of the commissioned corps in officers on the lineal list of active duty officers of the corps shall be prescribed by law.\n(b)\nLineal list\nThe Secretary shall maintain a list, known as the \u201clineal list\u201d, of officers on active duty. Officers shall be carried on the lineal list by grade and, within grade, by seniority in grade.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t33/s3003.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3003","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3003."},{"t":"heading","text":"Authorized number on the active list"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3003/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Annual strength on active list"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The annual strength of the commissioned corps in officers on the lineal list of active duty officers of the corps shall be prescribed by law.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3003/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Lineal list"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary shall maintain a list, known as the \u201clineal list\u201d, of officers on active duty. Officers shall be carried on the lineal list by grade and, within grade, by seniority in grade.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}