[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2571]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 384. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Lee, 
Mr. Romney, Mr. Warnock, and Mr. Braun) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2024 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 E of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1049. 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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