[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5060]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5649. Ms. DUCKWORTH 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. IMPROVED APPLICATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT 
                   RIGHTS OF ALL MEMBERS OF UNIFORMED SERVICES.

       (a) In General.--Paragraph (5) of section 4303 of title 38, 
     United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(5) The term `Federal executive agency'--
       ``(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), includes--
       ``(i) the United States Postal Service;
       ``(ii) the Postal Regulatory Commission;
       ``(iii) any nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the 
     United States;
       ``(iv) any Executive agency (as defined in section 105 of 
     title 5); and
       ``(v) any military department (as defined in section 102 of 
     title 5) with respect to the civilian employees of that 
     department; and
       ``(B) does not include--
       ``(i) an agency referred to in section 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) of 
     title 5;
       ``(ii) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
     with respect to members of the commissioned officer corps of 
     the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; or
       ``(iii) the Public Health Service with respect to members 
     of the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service 
     serving on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive 
     duty training.''.
       (b) Technical Correction.--Paragraph (16) of such section 
     is amended by striking ``commissioned corps of the Public 
     Health Service'' and inserting ``Commissioned Corps of the 
     Public Health Service''.
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