A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to allow certain military spouses employed by the Department of Defense to telework full time.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2533 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2533

 To require the Secretary of Defense to allow certain military spouses 
      employed by the Department of Defense to telework full time.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 2023

Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Defense to allow certain military spouses 
      employed by the Department of Defense to telework full time.

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

SECTION 1. FULL-TIME TELEWORK FOR CERTAIN MILITARY SPOUSES EMPLOYED BY 
              THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 calendar days after receiving a 
request from a covered individual under this section, the Secretary of 
Defense shall--
            (1) authorize such covered individual to work 100 percent 
        remotely if the Secretary determines that the duties of such 
        covered individual do not require the presence of the covered 
        individual in the workplace; or
            (2) in the case of a covered individual who does not 
        receive authorization under paragraph (1)--
                    (A) reassign the covered individual to a position 
                in the Department at the new permanent duty location of 
                the spouse of such covered individual; or
                    (B) grant the covered individual terminal leave 
                without pay for the greater of--
                            (i) the duration of the service of the 
                        spouse of the covered individual at such 
                        permanent duty location; or
                            (ii) the period of 36 consecutive months 
                        following the permanent change of station.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered individual'' 
means an individual--
            (1) who is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces;
            (2) who is employed by the Department of Defense; and
            (3) who relocates because such member receives a permanent 
        change of station.
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