[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4113. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN SERVICE IN 
                   THE ARMED FORCES BE CONSECUTIVE FOR PURPOSES OF 
                   ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERANS HIRING PREFERENCES.

       Section 2108(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``180 consecutive days'' each place it appears 
     and inserting ``180 cumulative days''.
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