for, for military personnel, as specified in the funding table in section 4401. (b) Construction of authorization The authorization of appropriations in subsection (a) supersedes any other authorization of appropriations (definite or indefinite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2020. V Military Personnel Policy A Officer Personnel Policy 501. Repeal of codified specification of authorized strengths of certain commissioned officers on active duty Effective as of October 1, 2020, the text of section 523 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: The total number of commissioned officers serving on active duty in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps in each of the grades of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel, or in the Navy in each of the grades of lieutenant commander, commander, or captain, at the end of any fiscal year shall be as specifically authorized by Act of Congress for such fiscal year. . 502. Maker of original appointments in a regular or reserve component of commissioned officers previously subject to original appointment in other type of component (a) Maker of regular appointments in transfer from reserve active-status list to active-duty list Section 531(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the Secretary concerned and inserting the Secretary of Defense . (b) Maker of reserve appointments in transfer from active-duty list to reserve active-status list Subsection (b) of section 12203 of such title is amended by striking the Secretary concerned and inserting the Secretary of Defense . (c) Treatment of regular appointment as constructive reserve appointment To facilitate transfer from active duty list to reserve active-status list Such section 12203 is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d)