[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2895. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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. ___. PROHIBITION ON MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES 
                   FROM ENGAGING IN CERTAIN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 73 of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in section 7322, by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
     follows:
       ``(1) `employee'--
       ``(A) means any individual, other than the President and 
     the Vice President, employed or holding office in--
       ``(i) an Executive agency other than the Government 
     Accountability Office; or
       ``(ii) a position within the competitive service which is 
     not in an Executive agency;
       ``(B) includes a member of the uniformed services; and
       ``(C) does not include an individual employed or holding 
     office in the government of the District of Columbia;''; and
       (2) in section 7323(b)(2)(B)--
       (A) in clause (i)(XIV), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iii) a member of the uniformed services.''.
       (b) Applicability of DoD Directive 1344.10.--Department of 
     Defense Directive 1344.10, including subparagraph 4.6.4 of 
     such directive, as in effect on the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, shall remain in effect until a law is enacted that 
     amends or repeals such directive.
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