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S 250 115th Congress Senate 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

A bill to prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting any Department of Defense position at, or in support of, a public shipyard.

Introduced: February 1, 2017 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Feb 1, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 February 1, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 742 Identical bill To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting any Department of Defense position at, or in support of, a public shipyard.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Feb 1, 2017
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Feb 1, 2017
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Feb 1, 2017
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Feb 1, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 250: A bill to prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting any Department of Defense position at, or in support of, a public shipyard.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-250/
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"S. 250: A bill to prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting any Department of Defense position at, or in support of, a public shipyard.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-250/.
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S. 250, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-250/.
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