[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 188 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7385-S7386]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3904. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Moran) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 
submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 
4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 583. STUDY ON EMPLOYMENT OF MILITARY SPOUSES.

       (a) Study.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 
     study to identify employment barriers affecting military 
     spouses.
       (2) Elements.--The study conducted under paragraph (1) 
     shall determine the following:

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       (A) The rate or prevalence of military spouses who are 
     currently employed and whether such military spouses have 
     children.
       (B) The rate or prevalence of military spouses who are 
     underemployed.
       (C) In connection with subparagraph (B), whether a military 
     spouse would have taken a different position of employment if 
     the military spouse were not impacted by the spouse who is a 
     member of the Armed Forces.
       (D) The rate or prevalence of military spouses who, due to 
     military affiliation, have experienced discrimination by 
     civilian employers, including loss of employment, denial of a 
     promotion, and difficulty in being hired.
       (E) Any other barriers of entry into the local workforce 
     for military spouses, including--
       (i) state licensure requirements;
       (ii) availability of childcare;
       (iii) access to broadband;
       (iv) job availability in military communities; and
       (v) access to housing.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     containing the results of the study conducted under this 
     section, including any policy recommendations to address 
     employment barriers identified by the study.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Military spouse.--The term ``military spouse'' means 
     the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active 
     duty.
       (2) Congressional defense committees.--The term 
     ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States 
     Code.
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