Retain Skilled Veterans Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2161 To modify the restriction in section 3326 of title 5, United States Code, relating to the appointment of retired members of the Armed Forces to positions in the Department of Defense to apply to positions at or above the GS–14 level. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 22, 2021 Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. LEE, and Mr. ROMNEY) intro- duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- mittee on Armed Services A BILL To modify the restriction in section 3326 of title 5, United States Code, relating to the appointment of retired mem- bers of the Armed Forces to positions in the Department of Defense to apply to positions at or above the GS– 14 level. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Retain Skilled Vet- 4 erans Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:41 Jun 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2161.IS S2161 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2161 IS SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON APPOINTMENT OF RETIRED MEM- 1 BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO CERTAIN 2 POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DE- 3 FENSE. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3326 of title 5, United 5 States Code, is amended— 6 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘CER- 7 TAIN’’ before ‘‘POSITIONS’’; and 8 (2) in subsection (b)— 9 (A) by striking ‘‘appointed’’ and all that 10 follows through ‘‘Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘ap- 11 pointed to a position in the excepted or com- 12 petitive service classified at or above GS–14 of 13 the General Schedule (or equivalent) in or 14 under the Department of Defense’’; and 15 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘for the 16 purpose’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Manage- 17 ment’’. 18 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 19 at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 33 of such 20 title is amended in the item relating to section 3326 by 21 inserting ‘‘certain’’ before ‘‘positions’’. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:41 Jun 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2161.IS S2161 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS