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S 2955 117th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Department of Defense Employee hiring Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Military facilities and property

Department of Defense Improved Hiring Act

Introduced: October 7, 2021 Introduced by: Lankford, James Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Oct 7, 2021
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Department of Defense Improved Hiring Act

This bill makes permanent the Department of Defense (DOD) direct hire authority for domestic defense industrial base facilities (i.e., any DOD depot, arsenal, or shipyard in the United States), the Major Range and Test Facilities Base, and the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.

What's happening now October 7, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2955: Department of Defense Improved Hiring Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2955/
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"S. 2955: Department of Defense Improved Hiring Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2955/.
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S. 2955, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2955/.
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