[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 742 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 742

To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting any Department of Defense 
           position at, or in support of, a public shipyard.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2017

Mr. Kilmer (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Hanabusa, Ms. Shea-
 Porter, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Cole) introduced the following bill; which 
    was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting any Department of Defense 
           position at, or in support of, a public shipyard.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON HIRING FREEZE FROM AFFECTING DEPARTMENT OF 
              DEFENSE PUBLIC SHIPYARD POSITIONS.

    The memorandum titled ``Presidential Memorandum Regarding the 
Hiring Freeze'' published on January 23, 2017, or any other 
substantially similar memorandum, Executive order, or other action by 
the President to prevent a department or agency of the Federal 
Government from filling vacant Federal civilian employee positions or 
creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect with respect 
to any Department of Defense civilian position under which an employee 
performs a Department of Defense function at a public shipyard or a 
Department of Defense function that directly supports a public 
shipyard.
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