Public Law 117–1: 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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PUBLIC LAW 117–1—JAN. 22, 2021
135 STAT. 3
Public Law
117–1
117th Congress
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 Forces.

Jan. 22, 2021

[H.R. 335]

  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

10 USC 113 note.

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.

(a)

In General.—

Notwithstanding the second sentence of section 113(a) of title 10, United States Code, the first person appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as Secretary of Defense in an appointment made on or after January 20, 2021, may be a person who is, on the date of appointment, within seven years after relief, but not within four years after relief, from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of the Armed Forces.
(b)

Applicability.

Limited Exception.—

This section applies only to the first person nominated after 12 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on January 20, 2021, and appointed as Secretary of Defense as described in subsection (a), and to no other person.
Approved January 22, 2021.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 335 (S. 12):

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 167 (2021):

Jan. 21, considered and passed House and Senate.

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