,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #a #aagth ,,congress
  #ast ,session  ,s4 #aa  ,,in ,,the    
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,january #c1 #bjba,mr4 ,schumer         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read the first time  ,january #f1      
#bjba,read the second time and placed on
 the calendar  ,a ,,bill  ,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 in an appointment made on or  

after ,january #bj1 #bjba1 may be a     
person who is1 on the date of           
appointment1 within seven years after   
relief1 but not within four 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 nominated     
after #ab3ja p4m4 7,eastern ,standard   
,time7 on ,january #bj1 #bjba1 and      
appointed as ,secretary of ,defense as  
described in subsection 7a71 and to no  
other person4  ,january #f1 #bjba,read  
the second time and placed on the       
calendar