[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4539-S4540]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 580. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON APPLICATION OF HIRING FREEZES AT 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE 
                   FACILITIES.

       (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``depot-level 
     maintenance and repair'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 2460 of title 10, United States Code.
       (b) Prohibition.--No memorandum, Executive order, or other 
     action by the President to prevent a Federal department or 
     agency from appointing an individual to a vacant Federal 
     civilian employee position, or creating a new Federal 
     civilian employee position, shall have any force or effect 
     with respect to any civilian employee position in the 
     Department of Defense at, or in support of, any facility--
       (1) at which depot-level maintenance and repair is carried 
     out; or
       (2) that is designated under section 2474 of title 10, 
     United States Code, as a Center of Industrial and Technical 
     Excellence.
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