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Calendar No. 528 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4337 

[Report No. 117–178] 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 26, 2022 

Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. KING, Mr. INHOFE, and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

OCTOBER 18, 2022 

Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of October 14, 2022, by 

Mr. PETERS, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Spouse Em3 ployment Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF MILITARY SPOUSES. 

5 Section 3330d of title 5, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

9 paragraph (4); and 

10 (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(3) The term ‘remote work’ refers to a work 

13 flexibility arrangement under which an employee— 

14 ‘‘(A) is not expected to physically report to 

15 the location from which the employee would 

16 otherwise work, considering the position of the 

17 employee; and 

18 ‘‘(B) performs the duties and responsibil19 ities of such employee’s position, and other au20 thorized activities, from an approved worksite— 

21 ‘‘(i) other than the location from 

22 which the employee would otherwise work; 

23 ‘‘(ii) that may be inside or outside the 

24 local commuting area of the location from 

25 which the employee would otherwise work; 

26 and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) that is typically the residence of 

2 the employee.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

5 the end; 

6 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe7 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

8 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(3) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces 

10 who is on active duty, or a spouse of a disabled or 

11 deceased member of the Armed Forces, to a position 

12 in which that individual will engage in remote 

13 work.’’; and 

14 (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 

15 (a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(4)’’. 

16 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Spouse Em18 ployment Act’’. 

19 SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF MILITARY SPOUSES. 

20 Section 3330d of title 5, United States Code, is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

23 (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

24 paragraph (4); 


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1 (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(3) The term ‘remote work’ refers to a par4 ticular type of telework under which an employee is 

5 not expected to report to an officially established 

6 agency location on a regular and recurring basis.’’; 

7 and 

8 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(5) The term ‘telework’ has the meaning given 

10 the term in section 6501.’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (b)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

13 the end; 

14 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period 

15 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

16 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(3) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces 

18 on active duty, or a spouse of a disabled or deceased 

19 member of the Armed Forces, to a position in which 

20 the spouse will engage in remote work.’’; and 

21 (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 

22 (a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(4)’’. 


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Calendar No. 528 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4337 

[Report No. 117–178] 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize 

work remotely. or deceased to positions in which the spouses will Armed Forces who are on active duty, disabled, the appointment of spouses of members of the 

OCTOBER 18, 2022 

Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of 

October 14, 2022, with an amendment 


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