3.0.0 4200 2023-01-11T13:32:29Z 2023-01-11T13:32:29Z House HR 2015-12-09 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 178 (Wednesday, December 9, 2015)][Pages H9205-H9206]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GIBSON:H.R. 4200.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H9206]]Article I, section 8.]]> hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas03 Readiness Subcommittee Referred to 2016-01-19T20:35:27Z Referred to 2015-12-09T15:01:20Z Military Family Stability Act of 2015 114 2137 S 2015-10-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS Military Family Stability Act of 2015 114 2403 S 2015-12-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS 2016-01-19 hsas03 Readiness Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. Committee 2015-12-09 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2015-12-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-12-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000564 Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19] Christopher Gibson R NY P. 19 N N000185 Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11] Richard Nugent R FL B. 11 2015-12-09 True W000799 Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] Timothy Walz D MN J. 1 2015-12-09 True O000170 Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] Beto O'Rourke D TX 16 2015-12-09 True K000363 Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] John Kline R MN 2 2016-02-24 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Child health Congressional oversight Defense spending Department of Defense Elementary and secondary education Family relationships Licensing and registrations Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Mental health Military personnel and dependents Transportation costs Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-12-09 Introduced in House 2016-01-07T21:13:36Z Military Family Stability Act of 2015

This bill allows a member of the Armed Forces undergoing a permanent change of station and the member's spouse to elect jointly that the spouse may relocate to the new location at the time during the covered relocation period as the member and spouse jointly select.

The following families shall be eligible:

  • the spouse is employed, or enrolled in a degree-, certificate-, or license-granting program, at the beginning of the covered relocation period;
  • the member and spouse have one or more children in school;
  • the spouse or children are covered under the Exceptional Family Member Program;
  • the member and spouse are caring for an immediate family member with a chronic or long-term illness; or
  • the member is undergoing a permanent change of station as an individual augmentee or other deployment arrangement.

Families with other needs may receive exceptions granted by military commanders on a case-by-case basis.

A member undergoing a permanent change of station who has one or more specified dependents and is no longer married to the individual who is or was the parent of such dependents at the beginning of the covered period of relocation may elect that such dependents relocate to the new location as follows:

  • by the member alone if the former spouse is dead or has no custodial rights, or
  • by the member and the former spouse jointly in all other circumstances.

A member may not make:

  • more than three elections; or
  • any election unless the member's period of obligated service, or the time remaining under the member's enlistment contract, at the time of election is at least 24 months.

The bill prescribes related housing and housing allowance requirements.

Transportation allowances authorized for personal property of a member and spouse may be allocated as the member and spouse select.

The Department of Defense shall establish a single application approval process for coverage under this Act which shall apply uniformly among the Armed Forces.

]]> Military Family Stability Act of 2015 Display Title Military Family Stability Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a period for the relocation of spouses and dependents of certain members of the Armed Forces undergoing a permanent change of station in order to ease and facilitate the relocation of military families, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Military Family Stability Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4200ih/xml/BILLS-114hr4200ih.xml 2016-01-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.