S.Amdt. 5649

SA 5649. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. ___. IMPROVED APPLICATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF ALL MEMBERS OF UNIFORMED SERVICES.

(a) In General.--Paragraph (5) of section 4303 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

“(5) The term ‘Federal executive agency'--

“(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), includes--

“(i) the United States Postal Service;

“(ii) the Postal Regulatory Commission;

“(iii) any nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the United States;

“(iv) any Executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5); and

“(v) any military department (as defined in section 102 of title 5) with respect to the civilian employees of that department; and

“(B) does not include--

“(i) an agency referred to in section 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) of title 5;

“(ii) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with respect to members of the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; or

“(iii) the Public Health Service with respect to members of the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service serving on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive duty training.”.

(b) Technical Correction.--Paragraph (16) of such section is amended by striking “commissioned corps of the Public Health Service” and inserting “Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service”.