[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5100 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5100

     To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for timely 
determination and action on applications by a member of one of certain 
  Armed Forces for consideration of a reassignment to a duty station 
    within a certain distance to the residence of a dependent child.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2023

 Mr. Crow (for himself and Mr. Lamborn) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for timely 
determination and action on applications by a member of one of certain 
  Armed Forces for consideration of a reassignment to a duty station 
    within a certain distance to the residence of a dependent child.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Family's Ability to Move In 
Line with Your Dependents Act'' or the ``Military FAMILY Dependents 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REASSIGNMENT FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ON THE 
              BASIS OF THE RESIDENCE OF A DEPENDENT CHILD.

    Chapter 39 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting, after item 674, the following new section:
``Sec. 675. Permanent change of station or unit transfer for a member 
              on active duty on the basis of the residence of a 
              dependent child
    ``(a) Timely Consideration and Action.--(1) A commanding officer 
shall determine whether to grant a request for a covered reassignment 
not later than five calendar days after the covered member makes such 
request.
    ``(2) If a commanding officer denies a request under paragraph (1), 
the covered member may request review of such denial by the first 
general officer or flag officer in the chain of command of the covered 
member. Such general officer or flag officer shall determine whether to 
affirm or reverse such denial not later than two weeks after the 
covered member makes such request.
    ``(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
regulations to ensure that this section is carried out as uniformly as 
possible across the military departments.
    ``(c) Privacy.--A commanding officer shall, to the greatest extent 
practicable, protect the privacy of a covered member who requests a 
covered reassignment.
    ``(d) Prohibition.--No covered member may be subject to any adverse 
action for requesting a covered reassignment.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `covered child' means a dependent child of a 
        member of the armed forces who is registered under the Defense 
        Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (or successor system).
            ``(2) The term `covered member' means a member--
                    ``(A) serving on active duty;
                    ``(B) who has a covered child; and
                    ``(C) assigned to a duty station located more than 
                300 miles from the residence of such covered child.
            ``(3) The term `covered reassignment' means a request--
                    ``(A) by a covered member; and
                    ``(B) for a permanent change of station, or a unit 
                transfer, to a duty station located within 300 miles of 
                the residence of the covered child of such covered 
                member.''.
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