117th Congress > House > Vote 17

Date: January 21, 2021

Result: 326-78 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 18

Sponsor: SMITH, Adam (D-WA)

Bill number: HR335

Question: On Passage

Description: 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

Bill summary: This bill allows the first person nominated and appointed as Secretary of Defense after 12 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on January 20, 2021, to be a person who is, on the date of appointment, at least four years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of the Armed Forces. Under current law, an individual may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within seven years after relief from such active duty.

Bill titles: 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.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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