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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 349
To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of
spouses of members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty, dis-
abled, or deceased to positions in which the spouses will work remotely.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY9, 2023
Mr. L
ANKFORD(for himself, Ms. SINEMA, Mrs. FISCHER, and Mr. KING) in-
troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Spouse Em-4
ployment Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF MILITARY SPOUSES. 6
Section 3330d of title 5, United States Code, is 7
amended— 8
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(1) in subsection (a)— 1
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 2
paragraph (4); 3
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 4
following: 5
‘‘(3) The term ‘remote work’ refers to a par-6
ticular type of telework under which an employee is 7
not expected to report to an officially established 8
agency location on a regular and recurring basis.’’; 9
and 10
(C) by adding at the end the following: 11
‘‘(5) The term ‘telework’ has the meaning given 12
the term in section 6501.’’; 13
(2) in subsection (b)— 14
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 15
the end; 16
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-17
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 18
(C) by adding at the end the following: 19
‘‘(3) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces 20
on active duty, or a spouse of a disabled or deceased 21
member of the Armed Forces, to a position in which 22
the spouse will engage in remote work.’’; and 23
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(3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 1
(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(4)’’. 2
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