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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)
(Sec. 1) This bill allows the first person, and only such person, appointed as Secretary of Defense after the enactment of this bill to be a person who is, on the date of appointment, not within at least three years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of the Armed Forces. (Under current law, an individual may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within seven years after relief from such active duty.)
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 84 as public Law on Jan 20, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Jan 12, 2017Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJan 13, 2017
Senate Jan 12, 2017 · the primary vote
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
Bill Passed
81 Yea 17 Nay 2 not voting
Crossed both parties 16 of 98 voting members broke with their own party: 16 Democrats.
DemocratsIndependentsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
100 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.