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	2	+	Calendar No. 38
1	3		118THCONGRESS
2	4		1
3	5		STSESSION S. 349
4		-	AN ACT
	6	+	[Report No. 118–14]
	7	+	To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of
	8	+	spouses of members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty, dis-
	9	+	abled, or deceased to positions in which the spouses will work remotely.
	10	+	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
	11	+	FEBRUARY9, 2023
	12	+	Mr. L
	13	+	ANKFORD(for himself, Ms. SINEMA, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. KING, Mr.
	14	+	S
	15	+	COTTof Florida, and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; which
	16	+	was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
	17	+	Governmental Affairs
	18	+	A
	19	+	PRIL27, 2023
	20	+	Reported by Mr. P
	21	+	ETERS, with an amendment
	22	+	[Insert the part printed in italic]
	23	+	A BILL
5	24		To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the
6	25		appointment of spouses of members of the Armed Forces
7	26		who are on active duty, disabled, or deceased to positions
8	27		in which the spouses will work remotely.
9	28		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
10		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
11		-	†S 349 ES
	29	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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	32	+	•S 349 RS
12	33		SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
13	34		This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Spouse Em-2
14	35		ployment Act’’. 3
15	36		SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF MILITARY SPOUSES. 4
16	37		Section 3330d of title 5, United States Code, is 5
17	38		amended— 6
18	39		(1) in subsection (a)— 7
19	40		(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 8
20	41		paragraph (4); 9
21	42		(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 10
22	43		following: 11
23	44		‘‘(3) The term ‘remote work’ refers to a par-12
24	45		ticular type of telework under which an employee is 13
25	46		not expected to report to an officially established 14
26	47		agency location on a regular and recurring basis.’’; 15
27	48		and 16
28	49		(C) by adding at the end the following: 17
29	50		‘‘(5) The term ‘telework’ has the meaning given 18
30	51		the term in section 6501.’’; 19
31	52		(2) in subsection (b)— 20
32	53		(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 21
33	54		the end; 22
34	55		(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-23
35	56		riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 24
36		-	(C) by adding at the end the following: 25 3
37		-	†S 349 ES
	57	+	(C) by adding at the end the following: 25
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	60	+	•S 349 RS
38	61		‘‘(3) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces 1
39	62		on active duty, or a spouse of a disabled or deceased 2
40	63		member of the Armed Forces, to a position in which 3
41	64		the spouse will engage in remote work.’’; and 4
42	65		(3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 5
43	66		(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(4)’’. 6
44	67		SEC. 3. GAO STUDY AND REPORT. 7
45	68		(a) D
46	69		EFINITIONS.—In this section— 8
47	70		(1) the terms ‘‘agency’’ means an agency de-9
48	71		scribed in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 901(b) of 10
49	72		title 31, United States Code; 11
50	73		(2) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an employee of 12
51	74		an agency; 13
52	75		(3) the term ‘‘remote work’’ means a particular 14
53	76		type of telework under which an employee is not ex-15
54		-	pected to report to an officially established agency 16
55		-	~~location~~ on a regular and recurring basis; and 17
56		-	(4) the term ‘‘telework’’ means a work ~~flexi-~~18
57		-	~~bility~~ arrangement under which an employee ~~per-~~19
58		-	~~forms the~~ duties and responsibilities of such ~~employ-~~20
59		-	~~ee’s position,~~ and other authorized activities, from 21
60		-	~~an approved~~ worksite other than the location from 22
61		-	~~which the employee~~ would otherwise work. 23
	77	+	pected to report to an officially established agency lo-16
	78	+	cation on a regular and recurring basis; and 17
	79	+	(4) the term ‘‘telework’’ means a work flexibility 18
	80	+	arrangement under which an employee performs the 19
	81	+	duties and responsibilities of such employee’s position, 20
	82	+	and other authorized activities, from an approved 21
	83	+	worksite other than the location from which the em-22
	84	+	ployee would otherwise work. 23
62	85		(b) R
63	86		EQUIREMENT.—Not later than 18 months after 24
64		-	the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 25 4
65		-	†S 349 ES
66		-	of the United States shall conduct a study and publish 1
67		-	a report regarding the use of remote work by agencies, 2
68		-	which shall include a discussion of what is known regard-3
69		-	ing— 4
70		-	(1) the number of employees who are engaging 5
71		-	in remote work; 6
72		-	(2) the role of remote work in agency recruit-7
73		-	ment and retention efforts; 8
74		-	(3) the geographic location of employees who 9
75		-	engage in remote work; 10
76		-	(4) the effect that remote work has had on how 11
77		-	often employees are reporting to officially established 12
78		-	agency locations to perform the duties and respon-13
79		-	sibilities of the positions of those employees and 14
80		-	other authorized activities; and 15
81		-	(5) how the use of remote work has affected 16
82		-	Federal office space utilization and spending. 17
83		-	Passed the Senate June 22, 2023.
84		-	Attest:
85		-	Secretary. 118
	87	+	the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 25
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	90	+	•S 349 RS
	91	+	of the United States shall conduct a study and publish a 1
	92	+	report regarding the use of remote work by agencies, which 2
	93	+	shall include a discussion of what is known regarding— 3
	94	+	(1) the number of employees who are engaging in 4
	95	+	remote work; 5
	96	+	(2) the role of remote work in agency recruit-6
	97	+	ment and retention efforts; 7
	98	+	(3) the geographic location of employees who en-8
	99	+	gage in remote work; 9
	100	+	(4) the effect that remote work has had on how 10
	101	+	often employees are reporting to officially established 11
	102	+	agency locations to perform the duties and respon-12
	103	+	sibilities of the positions of those employees and other 13
	104	+	authorized activities; and 14
	105	+	(5) how the use of remote work has affected Fed-15
	106	+	eral office space utilization and spending. 16
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87	113		CONGRESS
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89	115		ST
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91	117		ESSION
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93	119		S. 349
94		-	AN ACT
	120	+	[Report No. 118–14]
	121	+	A BILL
95	122		To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize
96	123		the appointment of spouses of members of the
97	124		Armed Forces who are on active duty, disabled,
98	125		or deceased to positions in which the spouses will
99	126		work remotely.
	127	+	A
	128	+	PRIL
	129	+	27, 2023
	130	+	Reported with an amendment
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