S.Amdt. 384

SA 384. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Lee,
Mr. Romney, Mr. Warnock, and Mr. Braun) submitted an amendment intended
to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations
for fiscal year 2024 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 X, add the following:

SEC. 1049. 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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