S.Amdt. 580

SA 580. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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 APPLICATION OF HIRING FREEZES AT
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
FACILITIES.

(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``depot-level
maintenance and repair'' has the meaning given the term in
section 2460 of title 10, United States Code.
(b) Prohibition.--No memorandum, Executive order, or other
action by the President to prevent a Federal department or
agency from appointing an individual to a vacant Federal
civilian employee position, or creating a new Federal
civilian employee position, shall have any force or effect
with respect to any civilian employee position in the
Department of Defense at, or in support of, any facility--
(1) at which depot-level maintenance and repair is carried
out; or
(2) that is designated under section 2474 of title 10,
United States Code, as a Center of Industrial and Technical
Excellence.
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