S.Amdt. 3441

SA 3441. Mr. LANKFORD 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 appropriate place in title XI, insert the following:

SEC. __. 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) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 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 chapter 33 of such title is amended by striking
the item relating to section 3326 and inserting the following
new item:

``3326. Appointments of retired members of the armed forces to certain
positions in the Department of Defense.''.
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