Appointment of retired members of the armed forces to competitive service and excepted service positions in the Department of Defense

(a) In general Section 3326 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the section heading, by inserting certain before positions; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking the civil service and inserting the competitive service or the excepted service; and (B) in paragraph (1), by striking for the purpose and all that follows through Management. (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 33 of such title is amended in the item relating to section 3326 by inserting certain before positions.