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Under current law, an individual may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within seven years after relief from such active duty."}],"words":77},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Creates a one-time exception to the rule in section 113(a) of title 10, United States Code, that bars appointing a person as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed Forces.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/335/text/enr#H6B536C00D9A54D43A47386A152D51E67:~:text=1.%20Exception%20to%20limitation%20against%20appointment%20of"}]},"core_areas":["Eligibility for appointment as Secretary of Defense","Waiver of the seven-year limit after active duty service for one appointment"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Applies notwithstanding the second sentence of section 113(a) of title 10, United States Code, which is the existing limit on appointing a recently relieved regular commissioned officer as Secretary of Defense.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/335/text/enr#H6B536C00D9A54D43A47386A152D51E67:~:text=1.%20Exception%20to%20limitation%20against%20appointment%20of"}},{"text":"Allows the first person appointed as Secretary of Defense, with the advice and consent of the Senate, in an appointment made on or after January 20, 2021, to be someone within seven years but not within four years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of the Armed Forces.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/335/text/enr#H6B536C00D9A54D43A47386A152D51E67:~:text=1.%20Exception%20to%20limitation%20against%20appointment%20of"}},{"text":"Limits the exception 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.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/335/text/enr#H6B536C00D9A54D43A47386A152D51E67:~:text=1.%20Exception%20to%20limitation%20against%20appointment%20of"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/335/text/enr#H6B536C00D9A54D43A47386A152D51E67:~:text=1.%20Exception%20to%20limitation%20against%20appointment%20of"},"heading":"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","effect":"Limits the exception to a person who is within seven years but not within four years after relief from active duty, so a person within four years after relief is not covered.","amount":null,"quote":"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"}]}],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/335/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/335","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/335/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-335.png","v":"9f502b29a9c7","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 335, 117th Congress: 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. House: 326 Yea, 78 Nay. Senate: 69 Yea, 27 Nay. Outcome: Became law, 22 Jan 2021."}}