[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2417. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2019 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 B of title XI, add the following:

     SEC. 1126. MODIFICATION OF VETERANS PREFERENCE.

       (a) Active Duty Requirement.--Subparagraphs (B) and (D) of 
     section 2108(1) of title 5, United States Code, are each 
     amended by striking ``consecutive'' and inserting 
     ``cumulative''.
       (b) Expansion of Eligibility of Retired Veterans.--Section 
     2108(4) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(4) `preference eligible' includes a retired member of 
     the armed forces; and''.
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