HR 742
115th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting any Department of Defense position at, or in support of, a public shipyard.
Introduced: January 30, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jan 30, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jan 30, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill declares that the memorandum titled "Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze" published on January 23, 2017, or any other action by the President to prevent a department or agency from filling vacant civilian employee positions or creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect with respect to any Department of Defense (DOD) civilian position under which an employee performs a DOD function at a public shipyard or a DOD function that directly supports a public shipyard.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Committees of jurisdiction
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