[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3360-S3361]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1822. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Perdue, Mrs. Loeffler, Mr. 
Lee, and Mr. Romney) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction,

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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:

       Strike section 1108 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1108. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR APPOINTMENT OF RECENTLY 
                   RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO 
                   POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 3326 of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) the proposed appointment is to a position classified 
     at or below GS-13 under the General Schedule under subchapter 
     III of chapter 53 (or an equivalent level under another wage 
     system) in the competitive service that is a position--
       ``(A) to which appointments are authorized using Direct 
     Hire Authority or Expedited Hiring Authority; and
       ``(B) that has been certified by the Secretary concerned as 
     lacking sufficient numbers of potential applicants who are 
     not retired members of the armed forces.''.
       (b) Limitation on Delegation of Certification Authority.--
     Such section is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(d) The authority to make a certification described in 
     subsection (b)(3) of this section may not be delegated to an 
     individual with a grade lower than colonel, or captain in the 
     Navy, or an individual with an equivalent civilian grade.''.
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