S.Amdt. 485

SA 485. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Romney) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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. _____. MODIFICATION OF PERIOD AFTER RETIREMENT FOR
AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO APPOINT
RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO
POSITIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AFTER
RETIREMENT.

(a) In General.--Section 3326 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1)--
(A) by striking ``civil service'' and inserting
``competitive service''; and
(B) by striking ``during the period of 180 days''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Section 5534a shall not apply to any appointment made
under this section.
``(e)(1) Not later than February 15 each year, the
Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management shall jointly submit to Congress a
report on the appointments made during the preceding year
using the authority in subsection (b)(2) of this section.
``(2) Each report under this subsection shall set forth,
for the year covered by such report, the following:
``(A) The number of appointments made using the authority
in subsection (b)(2) of this section.
``(B) The grades at retirement from the armed forces of the
individuals subject to such appointments.
``(C) The job titles, pay grades, and locations of
employment at appointment of the individuals subject to such
appointments.''.
(b) Technical Amendments.--Section 3326(b) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``his retirement'' and inserting ``the member's retirement'';
and
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``his designee'' and
inserting ``the Secretary's designee''.
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