,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #cj1 #bjag,mr4
 ,kilmer 7for himself and ,mr4 ,russell7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on ,armed
 ,services1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration 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 positions1 require the          
,secretary of ,defense to issue certain 
notifications1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,military ,retiree ,employment  
,act4  #b4 ,temporary authorization to  
appoint recently retired members of the 
,armed ,forces to ,civil ,service       
positions  7a7 ,in ,general ,for the    

period of #e years beginning on the date
 that is #ahj days after the date of    
enactment of this ,act1 the limitation  
in section #ccbf7;b7 of title #e1       
,united ,states ,code1 shall not apply  
to a retired member of the armed forces 
during the period of the first #ahj days
 after retirement4  7b7 ,publication and
 ,transparency ,requirements ,the       
,secretary concerned shall ensure that  
for any appointment made under the      
authority granted by subsection 7a7--   
7#a7 full consideration1 in accordance  
with placement and promotion procedures 
of the department concerned1 was given  
to eligible career employees2  7#b7 the 
vacancy has been publicized for at least
 #aj business days to give interested   
candidates an opportunity to apply2     
7#c7 the qualification requirements for 
the position conform to the principles  
of a merit-based civil service2  7#d7   
qualification requirements for the      
position have not been written in a     
manner designed to give advantage to the

 retired member2 and  7#e7 the position 
has not been held open pending the      
retirement of the retired member4  7c7  
,oversight by ,office of ,personnel     
,management  7#a7 ,plan ,draft and      
,implementation ,not later than #ij days
 after the date of enactment of this    
,act1 the ,director of the ,office of   
,personnel ,management shall establish  
an oversight plan to monitor all        
appointments made pursuant to subsection
 7a71 and conduct oversight according to
 the plan for the duration of the       
authority granted by subsection 7a74    
7#b7 ,annual ,publication ,not later    
than #cj days after the end of the      
fiscal year of the date of enactment of 
this ,act1 and every year thereafter for
 the duration of the authority granted  
by subsection 7a71 the ,director of the 
,office of ,personnel ,management shall 
publish1 by including the information   
within a publication on a related       
matter1 the number of new employees     
appointed under such authority in that  

year4  7d7 ,report ,not later than #d   
years after the date of enactment of    
this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general    
shall submit a report to ,congress      
describing the impact of the temporary  
authority granted by subsection 7a71    
providing policy recommendations for    
improvements1 and recommending whether  
such authority should be made permanent4
  7e7 ,rule of ,construction ,no        
provision of this section may be        
interpreted to affect any appointment   
other than an appointment made by the   
,secretary of ,defense4  #c4 ,vacancy   
notification requirement ,beginning #ij 
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense1      
acting through the head of each office  
in the ,department of ,defense1 shall   
ensure that every employee of the       
,department of ,defense is informed1    
within one calendar day1 of the         
publication of a vacancy within that    
employee's office that requires         
qualifications related to the employee's

 current duties4  #d4 ,reduction in     
force protections ,for the period of #aj
 years beginning on the date that is #ij
 days after the date of enactment of    
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense   
shall ensure that each employee who is a
 veteran and who is newly hired or      
appointed to a position in the          
,department of ,defense shall be        
informed of the effect of section #aeig 
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 as 
amended by the ,national ,defense       
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjaf 7,public ,law #aad-ib2 #abi ,stat4
 #gbf71 on that employee's protection   
from reduction in force4