S. 349 — what changed

Military Spouse Employment Act

From Introduced in Senate to Reported in Senate. 1 added between Introduced in Senate and Reported in Senate.

Sec. 3 GAO study and report

added

(a)

added Definitions— In this section—

(1)

added the terms agency means an agency described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code;

(2)

added the term employee means an employee of an agency;

(3)

added the term remote work means 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

(4)

added the term telework means a work flexibility arrangement under which an employee performs the duties and responsibilities of such employee’s position, and other authorized activities, from an approved worksite other than the location from which the employee would otherwise work.

(b)

added Requirement— Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study and publish a report regarding the use of remote work by agencies, which shall include a discussion of what is known regarding—

(1)

added the number of employees who are engaging in remote work;

(2)

added the role of remote work in agency recruitment and retention efforts;

(3)

added the geographic location of employees who engage in remote work;

(4)

added the effect that remote work has had on how often employees are reporting to officially established agency locations to perform the duties and responsibilities of the positions of those employees and other authorized activities; and

(5)

added how the use of remote work has affected Federal office space utilization and spending.