[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 1 (Sunday, January 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8-S9]
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          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION

      By Mr. SCHUMER:
  S. 11. A bill to provide for an exception to a limitation against 
appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of 
relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed 
Forces; read the first time.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 11

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

     SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION AGAINST APPOINTMENT OF 
                   PERSONS AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WITHIN SEVEN 
                   YEARS OF RELIEF FROM ACTIVE DUTY AS REGULAR 
                   COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the second sentence of 
     section 113(a) of title 10, United States Code, the first 
     person appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the 
     Senate, as Secretary of Defense in an appointment made on or 
     after January 20, 2021, may be a person who is, on the date 
     of appointment, within seven years after relief, but not 
     within four years after relief, from active duty as a 
     commissioned officer of a regular component of the Armed 
     Forces.
       (b) Limited Exception.--This section applies only to the 
     first person nominated after 12:01 p.m. (Eastern Standard 
     Time) on January 20, 2021, and appointed as Secretary of 
     Defense as described in subsection (a), and to no other 
     person.
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      By Mr. SCHUMER:
  S. 12. A bill to provide for an exception to a limitation against 
appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of 
relief from

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active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces; to 
the Committee on Armed Services.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 12

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

     SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION AGAINST APPOINTMENT OF 
                   PERSONS AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WITHIN SEVEN 
                   YEARS OF RELIEF FROM ACTIVE DUTY AS REGULAR 
                   COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the second sentence of 
     section 113(a) of title 10, United States Code, the first 
     person appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the 
     Senate, as Secretary of Defense in an appointment made on or 
     after January 20, 2021, may be a person who is, on the date 
     of appointment, within seven years after relief, but not 
     within four years after relief, from active duty as a 
     commissioned officer of a regular component of the Armed 
     Forces.
       (b) Limited Exception.--This section applies only to the 
     first person nominated after 12 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) 
     on January 20, 2021, and appointed as Secretary of Defense as 
     described in subsection (a), and to no other person.

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