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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6311 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide paid leave to any Federal 
employee whose spouse is a member of the uniformed services or the 
Foreign Service and is subject to a permanent change of station, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 25, 2025 
Ms. SALINAS (for herself and Mr. EVANS of Colorado) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide paid leave 
to any Federal employee whose spouse is a member 
of the uniformed services or the Foreign Service and 
is subject to a permanent change of station, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PCS Leave for Military 
Spouse Federal Workers Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PAID LEAVE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE 
SPOUSES 
OF 
MEMBERS 
OF 
UNIFORMED 
SERVICES OR FOREIGN SERVICE WHO ARE 
RELOCATED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 63 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 6329e. Permanent change of station leave 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with paragraph 
(2), an employee shall be entitled to at least 40 
hours of paid leave because of the permanent change 
of station of the employee’s spouse. With respect to 
an employee with a part-time or uncommon tour of 
duty, such employee shall receive a proportionally 
equivalent number of hours of paid leave under this 
section based on the hours in the employee’s estab-
lished tour of duty. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
LEAVE.—An employee may 
receive additional paid leave under this section as 
the head of the employee’s employing agency deems 
appropriate. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—Paid leave under this section— 
‘‘(1) is in addition to any other leave provided 
to an employee; 
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‘‘(2) may be used only while the employee is en-
gaged in activities directly related to facilitating the 
employee’s move to a new geographic location where 
the employee’s spouse will be assigned to work; 
‘‘(3) may be used only during periods when the 
employee would otherwise be scheduled to be in duty 
status; 
‘‘(4) may be taken by an employee intermit-
tently or on a reduced leave schedule, but no later 
than 1 month after the employee’s move that is the 
basis for use of leave under this section; 
‘‘(5) may not be converted to a cash payment 
for any unused amount; and 
‘‘(6) shall be available for each instance of a 
permanent change of station but shall not accumu-
late for subsequent use. 
‘‘(c) NOTICE.—Each employee shall provide their em-
ploying agency a copy of their spouses permanent change 
of station on the date the employee requests leave under 
this section. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘employee’ means an individual 
who— 
‘‘(A) is an employee (as that term is de-
fined in section 2105), including— 
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‘‘(i) individuals employed on a tem-
porary or term basis; and 
‘‘(ii) notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any officer or employee— 
‘‘(I) of the United States Postal 
Service or the Postal Regulatory Com-
mission; 
‘‘(II) appointed under chapter 73 
or 74 of title 38, notwithstanding any 
other provision of that title including 
section 7425(b); or 
‘‘(III) occupying any other posi-
tion in the civil service; 
‘‘(B) is the spouse of— 
‘‘(i) a member of the uniformed serv-
ices or the Foreign Service (as that term 
is defined in section 3902 of title 22); or 
‘‘(ii) an individual who is employed by 
an agency other than the Department of 
State and who is subject to the Foreign 
Service personnel system pursuant to sec-
tion 3922 of title 22; and 
‘‘(C) relocates because such spouse is sub-
ject to a permanent change of station; and 
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‘‘(2) the term ‘permanent change of station’ 
means, with respect to a spouse described under 
paragraph (1)(B)— 
‘‘(A) a permanent change of duty station; 
or 
‘‘(B) a change in homeport of a vessel, 
ship-based squadron or staff, or mobile unit.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such subchapter is amended by adding after the item 
relating to section 6329d the following: 
‘‘6329e. Permanent change of station leave.’’. 
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