A bill to prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting any Department of Defense position at, or in support of, a public shipyard.
- Last Action
- 2/1/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-01Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- 2017-02-01Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-01 (00)
This bill declares that the memorandum titled "Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze" published on January 23, 2017, or any other action by the President to prevent a department or agency from filling vacant civilian employee positions or creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect with respect to any Department of Defense (DOD) civilian position under which an employee performs a DOD function at a public shipyard or a DOD function that directly supports a public shipyard.
Cosponsors (4)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Subjects
- Defense spending
- Department of Defense
- Employee hiring
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Military facilities and property
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
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