Sec. 901. Modification of requirements for appointment of a person as Secretary of Defense after relief from active duty
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Section 113(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by inserting
(1)before There is ; and by striking the second sentence and inserting the following new paragraph: Except as provided by subparagraph (B), a person may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense during the period of 10 years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force in pay grade O–6 or above. A person described in subparagraph
(A)may be appointed as Secretary of Defense if— the President submits to Congress a request for approval for such appointment; and Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval, with not fewer than three-quarters of the Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, duly chosen and sworn, voting in the affirmative. In this subsection, the term joint resolution of approval means a joint resolution of either House of Congress, the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “The Congress approves exempting _____ from the prohibition under section 113(a) of title 10, United States Code, pursuant to the request of the President for such exemption submitted to Congress on ______.”, with the blank spaces being filled with the appropriate name and date, respectively. .