S.Amdt. 4147

SA 4147. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Lee, Mr. Romney,
Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Braun) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be
proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2022 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 E of title V, add the following:

SEC. 576. LIMITATION ON APPOINTMENT OF RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES TO CERTAIN POSITIONS IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--Section 3326 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ``certain'' before
``positions''; and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``appointed'' and all that follows through
``Defense'' and inserting ``appointed to a position in the
excepted or competitive service classified at or above GS-14
of the General Schedule (or equivalent) in or under the
Department of Defense''; and
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``for the purpose'' and
all that follows through ``Management''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of subchapter I of chapter 33 of such title is
amended in the item relating to section 3326 by inserting
``certain'' before ``positions''.
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