S.Amdt. 2417

SA 2417. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2019 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 B of title XI, add the following:

SEC. 1126. MODIFICATION OF VETERANS PREFERENCE.

(a) Active Duty Requirement.--Subparagraphs (B) and (D) of
section 2108(1) of title 5, United States Code, are each
amended by striking ``consecutive'' and inserting
``cumulative''.
(b) Expansion of Eligibility of Retired Veterans.--Section
2108(4) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
``(4) `preference eligible' includes a retired member of
the armed forces; and''.
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