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Version 36 · Passed House amended · Dec 11, 2007
Requires Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regulations governing determinations of ineligibility for appointment to a position in an executive agency because of deliberate failure to register with the selective service to provide exceptions for: (1) the appointment of an individual who was discharged or released from active duty in the armed forces under honorable conditions; and (2) the appointment or continued employment of an individual who has reached 31 years of age.
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Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] · D–CA
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H15249)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H15249)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4108.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H15249-15250)
Mr. Davis (IL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 295.
Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government. H. Rept. 110-479.
Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government. H. Rept. 110-479.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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