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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 349
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 9, 2023
Mr. Lankford (for himself, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. King) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of spouses of members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty, disabled, or deceased to positions in which the spouses will work remotely.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Military Spouse Employment Act
.
Appointment of military spouses
Section 3330d of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a)—
by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);
by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
The term remote work refers to a particular type of telework under which an employee is not expected to report to an officially established agency location on a regular and recurring basis.
; and
by adding at the end the following:
The term telework has the meaning given the term in section 6501.
;
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (1), by striking or
at the end;
in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or
; and
by adding at the end the following:
a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty, or a spouse of a disabled or deceased member of the Armed Forces, to a position in which the spouse will engage in remote work.
; and
in subsection (c)(1), by striking subsection (a)(3)
and inserting subsection (a)(4)
.
