To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting Department of Defense civilian positions in facilities that perform depot maintenance or are designated as a center for industrial and technical excellence, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-990
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-09
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

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill declares that any presidential action to prevent a federal agency from filling or creating federal civilian employee positions shall have no force or effect with respect to any Department of Defense civilian position at, or in support of, any facility: (1) at which depot-level maintenance and repair is carried out, or (2) designated as a center for industrial and technical excellence.</p> <ul> </ul>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 990 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2017 Mr. Cole (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah , Mrs. Bustos , Mr. Loebsack , Mr. Kilmer , and Mr. Jones ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting Department of Defense civilian positions in facilities that perform depot maintenance or are designated as a center for industrial and technical excellence, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition on hiring freeze from affecting Department of Defense civilian positions at certain facilities 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 at, or in support of— (1) any facility at which depot-level maintenance and repair (as that term is defined in section 2460 of title 10, United States Code) is carried out; or (2) any facility designated under section 2474 of such title as a center for industrial and technical excellence.