HR 393 · 115th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 1.(2017-02-16)
Plain Language Summary
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This bill allows the first person, and only such person, appointed as Secretary of Defense after the enactment of this bill to be a person who is, on the date of appointment, at least three years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of the Armed Forces. (Under current law, an individual may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within seven years after relief from such active duty.)…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 393, a bill to provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces
Jan 13, 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on January 12, 2017
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