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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="4031" measure-id="id117hr4031" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-06-22" update-date="2022-07-08">
        <title>Retain Skilled Veterans Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr4031v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-07-08">
            <action-date>2021-06-22</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Retain Skilled Veterans Act</strong></p> <p>This bill modifies the restriction related to the appointment of retired members of the Armed Forces to certain civil service positions in the Department of Defense. Under the bill, the 180-day waiting period before a retired member may be appointed to a position only applies to those positions in the excepted or competitive service classified at or above GS-14 of the General Schedule (or equivalent).</p>]]></summary-text>
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        <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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