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H.R. 393 (115th): 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.

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Mac Thornberry

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Last Updated: Feb 16, 2017
Length: 4 pages
Introduced
Jan 10, 2017
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Status
Enacted Via Other Measures

Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.

This bill was enacted as:

S. 84: 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 …
Enacted — Signed by the President on Jan 20, 2017. (compare text)
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History

Jan 10, 2017
 
Introduced

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Jan 12, 2017
 
Ordered Reported

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Jan 12, 2017
 
Identical Bill — Passed Senate (House next)

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 84 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 393 (115th).
Jan 13, 2017
 
Identical Bill — Passed House

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 84 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 393 (115th).
Jan 20, 2017
 
Identical Bill — Enacted — Signed by the President

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 84 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 393 (115th).
Feb 16, 2017
 
Reported by House Committee on Armed Services

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H.R. 393 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 393. This is the one from the 115th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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