S.Amdt. 4397

SA 4397. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERANS HIRING
PREFERENCES TO INCLUDE CERTAIN FORMER MEMBERS
OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

Section 2108(1) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by striking ``180 consecutive days'' each place it
appears and inserting ``180 cumulative days''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``not including
service under section 12103(d) of title 10'' and inserting
``including service''.
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