Title: Military Spouse Employment Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Military Spouse Employment Act
This bill authorizes federal agencies to make noncompetitive appointments of spouses of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, or spouses of disabled or deceased members of the Armed Forces, to positions in which the spouses engage in remote work.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4337 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4337

 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.


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                   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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Spouse Employment Act''.

SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF MILITARY SPOUSES.

    Section 3330d of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4); and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) The term `remote work' refers to a work flexibility 
        arrangement under which an employee--
                    ``(A) is not expected to physically report to the 
                location from which the employee would otherwise work, 
                considering the position of the employee; and
                    ``(B) performs the duties and responsibilities of 
                such employee's position, and other authorized 
                activities, from an approved worksite--
                            ``(i) other than the location from which 
                        the employee would otherwise work;
                            ``(ii) that may be inside or outside the 
                        local commuting area of the location from which 
                        the employee would otherwise work; and
                            ``(iii) that is typically the residence of 
                        the employee.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is on 
        active duty, or a spouse of a disabled or deceased member of 
        the Armed Forces, to a position in which that individual will 
        engage in remote work.''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``subsection (a)(3)'' 
        and inserting ``subsection (a)(4)''.
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