[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 184 (Wednesday, November 30, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6911-S6912]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     MILITARY SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT ACT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 528, S. 4337.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 4337) to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
     authorize the appointment of spouses of members of the Armed 
     Forces who are on active duty, disabled, or deceased to 
     positions in which the spouses will work remotely.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, with an amendment to strike all after the 
enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic, as follows:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Military Spouse Employment 
     Act''.

     SEC. 2. 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);
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
       ``(3) The term `remote work' refers to a particular type of 
     telework under which an employee is not expected to report to 
     an officially established agency location on a regular and 
     recurring basis.''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) The term `telework' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 6501.'';
       (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 on active 
     duty, or a spouse of a disabled or deceased member of the 
     Armed Forces, to a position in which the spouse will engage 
     in remote work.''; and
       (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``subsection (a)(3)'' 
     and inserting ``subsection (a)(4)''.

  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
substitute amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be considered 
read a third time and passed; and that the

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motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment, in the nature of a substitute, was 
agreed to.
  The bill (S. 4337), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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