Retain Skilled Veterans Act
This bill modifies the restriction related to the appointment of retired members of the Armed Forces to certain civil service positions in the Department of Defense. Under the bill, the 180-day waiting period before a retired member may be appointed to a position only applies to those positions in the excepted or competitive service classified at or above GS-14 of the General Schedule (or equivalent).
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Retain Skilled Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON APPOINTMENT OF RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES TO CERTAIN POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) In General.--Section 3326 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``certain'' before 
        ``positions''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``appointed'' and all that follows 
                through ``Defense'' and inserting ``appointed to a 
                position in the excepted or competitive service 
                classified at or above GS-14 of the General Schedule 
                (or equivalent) in or under the Department of 
                Defense''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``for the 
                purpose'' and all that follows through ``Management''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
subchapter I of chapter 33 of such title is amended in the item 
relating to section 3326 by inserting ``certain'' before ``positions''.
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Retain Skilled Veterans Act
A bill 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.
Retain Skilled Veterans Act
Sen. Lankford, James