US Congress Senate Bill 250 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting any Department of Defense position at, or in support of, a public shipyard. 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.

A bill to prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting any Department of Defense position at, or in support of, a public shipyard.

Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

HB742 (Same As) 2017-01-30 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/250/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s250/BILLS-115s250is.pdf