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S 12 117th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Department of Defense Federal officials Military command and structure Military personnel and dependents Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

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.

Introduced: January 3, 2021 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 21, 2021
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 3.
Jan 21, 2021
Committee on Armed Services. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment. Without written report.
Jan 3, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jan 3, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill allows the first person nominated and appointed as Secretary of Defense after 12 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on January 20, 2021, to be a person who is, on the date of appointment, at least four 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.

What's happening now January 21, 2021

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 3.

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