[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4929]
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  SA 5546. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Romney, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. 
Lee) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 
5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to 
be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2023 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 title XI, add the following:

     SEC. 1115. LIMITATION ON APPOINTMENT OF RETIRED MEMBERS OF 
                   THE ARMED FORCES TO CERTAIN POSITIONS IN THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--Section 3326 of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``certain'' before 
     ``positions''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by striking ``appointed'' and all that follows through 
     ``Defense'' and inserting ``appointed to a position in the 
     excepted or competitive service classified at or above GS-14 
     of the General Schedule (or equivalent) in or under the 
     Department of Defense''; and
       (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``for the purpose'' and 
     all that follows through ``Management''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of subchapter I of chapter 33 of such title is 
     amended in the item relating to section 3326 by inserting 
     ``certain'' before ``positions''.
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