[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5229]
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  SA 3441. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 in title XI, insert the following:

     SEC. __. 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) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 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 chapter 33 of such title is amended by striking 
     the item relating to section 3326 and inserting the following 
     new item:

``3326. Appointments of retired members of the armed forces to certain 
              positions in the Department of Defense.''.
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