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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1829 
To temporarily authorize recently retired members of the armed forces to 
be appointed to certain civil service positions, require the Secretary 
of Defense to issue certain notifications, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2017 
Mr. KILMER (for himself and Mr. RUSSELL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To temporarily authorize recently retired members of the 
armed forces to be appointed to certain civil service 
positions, require the Secretary of Defense to issue cer-
tain notifications, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Retiree Em-
ployment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION TO APPOINT RE-
CENTLY RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES TO CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the period of 5 years begin-
ning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the limitation in section 3326(b) of title 
5, United States Code, shall not apply to a retired member 
of the armed forces during the period of the first 180 days 
after retirement. 
(b) PUBLICATION
AND TRANSPARENCY REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Secretary concerned shall ensure that for 
any appointment made under the authority granted by 
subsection (a)— 
(1) full consideration, in accordance with place-
ment and promotion procedures of the department 
concerned, was given to eligible career employees; 
(2) the vacancy has been publicized for at least 
10 business days to give interested candidates an op-
portunity to apply; 
(3) the qualification requirements for the posi-
tion conform to the principles of a merit-based civil 
service; 
(4) qualification requirements for the position 
have not been written in a manner designed to give 
advantage to the retired member; and 
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(5) the position has not been held open pending 
the retirement of the retired member. 
(c) OVERSIGHT BY OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGE-
MENT.— 
(1) PLAN DRAFT AND IMPLEMENTATION.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management shall establish an oversight plan to 
monitor all appointments made pursuant to sub-
section (a), and conduct oversight according to the 
plan for the duration of the authority granted by 
subsection (a). 
(2) ANNUAL PUBLICATION.—Not later than 30 
days after the end of the fiscal year of the date of 
enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter for 
the duration of the authority granted by subsection 
(a), the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall publish, by including the information 
within a publication on a related matter, the number 
of new employees appointed under such authority in 
that year. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit a report to Congress describing the impact of the 
temporary authority granted by subsection (a), providing 
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policy recommendations for improvements, and recom-
mending whether such authority should be made perma-
nent. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—No provision of this 
section may be interpreted to affect any appointment other 
than an appointment made by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 3. VACANCY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. 
Beginning 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the head 
of each office in the Department of Defense, shall ensure 
that every employee of the Department of Defense is in-
formed, within one calendar day, of the publication of a 
vacancy within that employee’s office that requires quali-
fications related to the employee’s current duties. 
SEC. 4. REDUCTION IN FORCE PROTECTIONS. 
For the period of 10 years beginning on the date that 
is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each employee who 
is a veteran and who is newly hired or appointed to a posi-
tion in the Department of Defense shall be informed of 
the effect of section 1597 of title 10, United States Code, 
as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 726), 
on that employee’s protection from reduction in force. 
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