S.Amdt. 1822

SA 1822. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Perdue, Mrs. Loeffler, Mr.
Lee, and Mr. Romney) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction,

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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:

Strike section 1108 and insert the following:

SEC. 1108. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR APPOINTMENT OF RECENTLY
RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO
POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 3326 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) the proposed appointment is to a position classified
at or below GS-13 under the General Schedule under subchapter
III of chapter 53 (or an equivalent level under another wage
system) in the competitive service that is a position--
``(A) to which appointments are authorized using Direct
Hire Authority or Expedited Hiring Authority; and
``(B) that has been certified by the Secretary concerned as
lacking sufficient numbers of potential applicants who are
not retired members of the armed forces.''.
(b) Limitation on Delegation of Certification Authority.--
Such section is further amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
``(d) The authority to make a certification described in
subsection (b)(3) of this section may not be delegated to an
individual with a grade lower than colonel, or captain in the
Navy, or an individual with an equivalent civilian grade.''.
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