All Roll Calls
Yes: 395 • No: 105
117-hr-335117th Congress
To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.
Sponsored By: Representative Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Became Law
Summary
One-time exception to the seven-year post-service limit for appointing a Secretary of Defense. This law creates a single waiver that lets the first person appointed as Secretary of Defense on or after January 20, 2021 be someone who, at the time of appointment, is within seven years but not within four years after relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces, and the exception applies only to that one appointment.
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
One-time exception for Defense Secretary
The law makes a one-time exception to the usual seven-year waiting rule for the Secretary of Defense. The first person nominated after 12:00 p.m. Eastern on January 20, 2021, in an appointment made on or after that date, may be a former regular commissioned officer who left active duty more than 4 years but no more than 7 years earlier. Senate approval is still required. This exception applies only to that single appointment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
WA • D
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
senate vote • 1/21/2021
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 335
Yes: 69 • No: 27
house vote • 1/21/2021
On Passage
Yes: 326 • No: 78