On Passage — H R 335 — 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

In plain language

• This House bill from the 117th Congress would create an exception to the limit on appointing someone as Secretary of Defense within seven years after leaving active duty as a regular commissioned officer.
• Official subject tags include the Department of Defense, federal officials, military command and structure, military personnel, presidential powers, and national security.
• The official summary says the first person nominated and appointed as Secretary of Defense after 12 p.m.
• Eastern Standard Time on January 20, 2021, could be someone who, on the appointment date, is at least four years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of the Armed Forces.
• Current law, as described here, bars appointment within seven years after that relief.