[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5088]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2876. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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. ___. THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SPOUSES OF 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OR THE FOREIGN 
                   SERVICE.

       Section 8432(g) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) Nothing in paragraph (2) or (3) shall cause the 
     forfeiture of any contributions made for the benefit of an 
     employee, Member, or Congressional employee under subsection 
     (c)(1), or any earnings attributable thereto, if--
       ``(A) at the time such employee, Member, or Congressional 
     employee separates from Government employment, the spouse of 
     such employee, Member, or Congressional employee is--
       ``(i) a member of the armed forces, as defined in section 
     101(a) of title 10; or
       ``(ii) an individual described in section 103 of the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903), including an 
     individual serving in an agency other than the Department of 
     State that is utilizing the Foreign Service personnel system 
     in accordance with section 202 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 3922); 
     and
       ``(B) such employee, Member, or Congressional employee 
     separates from Government employment due to--
       ``(i) a permanent change of duty station of such spouse; or
       ``(ii) a change in the homeport or permanent duty station 
     of a vessel, ship-based squadron or staff, or mobile unit of 
     such spouse.''.
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