3.0.0 2137 2023-01-11T13:29:33Z 2023-01-11T13:29:33Z Senate S 2015-10-06 114 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-10-06T16:55:25Z Military Family Stability Act of 2015 114 4200 HR 2016-01-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. 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 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 114 2943 S 2016-12-23 Became Public Law No: 114-328. Related bill CRS 2015-10-06 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2015-10-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-10-06 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2015-10-06 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-10-06 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2015-10-21 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2015-10-21 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-11-03 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Child health Congressional oversight 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 2015-10-06 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-15T17:04:57Z 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 jointly elect 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 are 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.

Housing provisions are as follows:

  • if a member's spouse relocates first the member shall be assigned to quarters or other U.S. housing facilities as a bachelor until the date of the member's permanent change of station;
  • if a member's spouse and dependents reside in U.S. housing at the beginning of the covered relocation period, the spouse and dependents may continue to reside in such housing throughout the covered period of relocation regardless of the date of the member's permanent change of station; and
  • if a member's spouse and dependents are eligible to reside in U.S. housing following the member's permanent change of station, the spouse and dependents may commence residing in such housing at any time during the covered relocation period regardless of the date of the member's permanent change of station.

In the case of a member undergoing a permanent change of station who is paid basic housing allowance at the "with dependents" rate at the beginning of the covered relocation period, the member shall be paid at such rate for months beginning during the covered relocation period regardless of the date on which the member's spouse and dependents relocate or the member is assigned to bachelor's quarters or facilities.

The geographic location of the dependents shall govern in determining the portion of basic housing allowance payable to a member with respect to the member's dependents.

A member shall be provided with housing reimbursement if quarters are not available for the member's assignment until the date on which the member and the member's spouse reside in the same geographic area after the permanent change of station.

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 A bill 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Military Family Stability Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2137is/xml/BILLS-114s2137is.xml 2015-10-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.