#aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4   
#hd  ,,an ,,act  ,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      
,forces4  #a4 ,exception to limitation  
against appointment of persons as       
,secretary of ,defense within seven     
years of relief from active duty as     
regular commissioned officers of the    
,armed ,forces  7a7 ,in general         
,notwithstanding the second sentence of 
section #aac7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united  
,states ,code1 the first person         
appointed1 by and with the advice and   
consent of the ,senate1 as ,secretary of
 ,defense after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act may be a person  
who is1 on the date of appointment1     
within seven years after relief1 but not
 within three years after relief1 from  
active duty as a commissioned officer of
 a regular component of the ,armed      

,forces4  7b7 ,limited exception ,this  
section applies only to the first person
 appointed as ,secretary of ,defense as 
described in subsection 7a7 after the   
date of the enactment of this ,act1 and 
to no other person4  ,passed the ,senate
 ,january #ab1 #bjag4,secretary