[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5543. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. APPOINTMENT OF MILITARY SPOUSES.

       Section 3330d of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
       ``(3) The term `remote work' refers to a work flexibility 
     arrangement under which an employee--
       ``(A) is not expected to physically report to the location 
     from which the employee would otherwise work, considering the 
     position of the employee; and
       ``(B) performs the duties and responsibilities of such 
     employee's position, and other authorized activities, from an 
     approved worksite--
       ``(i) other than the location from which the employee would 
     otherwise work;
       ``(ii) that may be inside or outside the local commuting 
     area of the location from which the employee would otherwise 
     work; and
       ``(iii) that is typically the residence of the employee.'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is on 
     active duty, or a spouse of a disabled or deceased member of 
     the Armed Forces, to a position in which that spouse will 
     engage in remote work.''; and
       (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``subsection (a)(3)'' 
     and inserting ``subsection (a)(4)''.
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