Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Military Spouse Employment Act”.
Military Spouse Employment Act
AN ACT
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.
Sec. 2 Appointment of military spouses
Section 3330d of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a)—
by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);
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.”
by adding at the end the following:
“(5) The term telework has the meaning given the term in section 6501.”
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (1), by striking “or” at the end;
in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
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.”
in subsection (c)(1), by striking “subsection (a)(3)” and inserting “subsection (a)(4)”.