I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3900 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish certain rights for spouses 
of members of the uniformed services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2023 
Mr. DELUZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish certain 
rights for spouses of members of the uniformed services. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN RIGHTS FOR 
SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED 
SERVICES. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 4303 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (14) through 
(17) as paragraphs (15) through (18), respectively; 
and 
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(2) by inserting, after paragraph (13), the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(14) The term ‘spouse’ means husband or 
wife, as the case may be.’’. 
(b) TERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT.—Section 4304 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘A person’s’’; 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) Except for reemployment rights under section 
4312 of this title, a person’s entitlement to the benefits 
of this chapter by reason of service in the uniformed serv-
ices by the spouse of such person terminates on the date 
of issuance, by a court of competent jurisdiction, of a final 
decree of divorce, dissolution, or annulment, regarding 
such person and such spouse.’’; and 
(3) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Character of 
service’’ and inserting ‘‘Termination of enti-
tlement’’. 
(c) DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.—Section 4311 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, or the 
spouse of such a person,’’ after ‘‘uniformed service’’; 
and 
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(2) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘spouses of 
such persons;’’ after ‘‘and’’. 
(d) REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS.—Section 4312 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘, or by reason of such service by 
the spouse of such person,’’ after ‘‘uniformed 
services’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘service 
in the uniformed services does not exceed five 
years; and’’ and inserting ‘‘such service does 
not exceed five years;’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(D) by inserting, after paragraph (2), the 
following new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) in the case of a person whose absence is 
by reason of such service by the spouse of such per-
son, the length of the absence does not exceed two 
consecutive years; and’’. 
(2) In subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘who is absent from a 
position of employment by reason of serv-
ice in the uniformed services if such per-
son’s cumulative period of service in the 
uniformed services’’ and inserting ‘‘de-
scribed in such subsection if the cumu-
lative period of absence’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘any such period of 
service shall not include any service’’ and 
inserting ‘‘any such period of absence shall 
not include any absence’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘for the 
member of the uniformed services’’ before ‘‘to 
complete’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(or the 
spouse of such person)’’ after ‘‘such person’’ 
both places it appears; 
(D) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘for 
service’’ before ‘‘performed as required’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (4), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘performed’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(or the spouse of 
such a member)’’ after ‘‘uniformed serv-
ice’’. 
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