10 U.S.C. § 7110
Regular Army: strength in grade; general officers
(a)
Subject to section 526 of this title , the authorized strength of the Regular Army in general officers on the active-duty list is 75/10,000 of the authorized strength of the Regular Army in commissioned officers on the active-duty list.
(b)
The authorized strength of each of the following branches—
(1)
each corps of the Army Medical Department; and
(2)
the Chaplains;
in general officers on the active-duty list of the Regular Army is 5/1,000 of the authorized strength of the branch concerned in commissioned officers on the active-duty list of the Regular Army. Not more than one-half of the authorized strength in general officers in such a branch may be in a regular grade above brigadier general.
(c)
When the application of the percentages and ratios specified in this section results in a fraction, a fraction of one-half or more is counted as one, and a fraction of less than one-half is disregarded.
( Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 , 70A Stat. 174 , § 3210; Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(66) , Sept. 2, 1958 , 72 Stat. 1463 ; Pub. L. 89–603, § 1(2) , Sept. 24, 1966 , 80 Stat. 846 ; Pub. L. 90–329 , June 4, 1968 , 82 Stat. 170 ; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 502(5) , Dec. 12, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2909 ; Pub. L. 97–22, § 5(b) , July 10, 1981 , 95 Stat. 128 ; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, § 1061(a)(20)(A) , Dec. 5, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1473 ; renumbered § 7110, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(1) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1838 .)