S.Amdt. 3294

SA 3294. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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 D of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1038. 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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