TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENTS OF MILITARY SPOUSES BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.

SEC. 573. TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENTS OF MILITARY SPOUSES BY FEDERAL AGENCIES. (a) Expansion to Include All Spouses of Members of the Armed Forces on Active Duty.—Section 3330d of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking paragraphs (3), (4), and (5); and (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (3); (2) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and inserting the following new subsection (b): “(b) Appointment Authority.—The head of an agency may appoint noncompetitively— “(1) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty; or “(2) a spouse of a disabled or deceased member of the Armed Forces.” ; (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and (4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by striking “subsection (a)(6)” in paragraph (1) and inserting “subsection (a)(3)”. (b) [5 U.S.C. 3301] Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 33 of such titleis amended by striking the item relating to section 3330d and inserting the following new item: “3330d. Appointment of military spouses.” . (c) Heading Amendment.—The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 3330d. Appointment of military spouses” . [Subsection (d) was repealed by section 1111(b) of division A of Public Law 117–263.] [Subsection (e) was repealed by section 1102(a) of division A of Public Law 118–159.]