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

Bill: 115-s-250
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2017-02-01
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: 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
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill declares that the memorandum titled &quot;Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze&quot; 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.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 250 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 1, 2017 Mr. Schatz (for himself, Ms. Hassan , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Hirono , and Ms. Cantwell ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting any Department of Defense position at, or in support of, a public shipyard.

1. Prohibition on hiring freeze from affecting Department of Defense public shipyard positions The memorandum titled Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze published on January 23, 2017, or any other substantially similar memorandum, Executive order, or other action by the President to prevent a department or agency of the Federal Government from filling vacant Federal civilian employee positions or creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect with respect to any Department of Defense civilian position under which an employee performs a Department of Defense function at a public shipyard or a Department of Defense function that directly supports a public shipyard.