S.Amdt. 3904

SA 3904. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Moran)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867
submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R.
4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:

SEC. 583. STUDY ON EMPLOYMENT OF MILITARY SPOUSES.

(a) Study.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a
study to identify employment barriers affecting military
spouses.
(2) Elements.--The study conducted under paragraph (1)
shall determine the following:

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(A) The rate or prevalence of military spouses who are
currently employed and whether such military spouses have
children.
(B) The rate or prevalence of military spouses who are
underemployed.
(C) In connection with subparagraph (B), whether a military
spouse would have taken a different position of employment if
the military spouse were not impacted by the spouse who is a
member of the Armed Forces.
(D) The rate or prevalence of military spouses who, due to
military affiliation, have experienced discrimination by
civilian employers, including loss of employment, denial of a
promotion, and difficulty in being hired.
(E) Any other barriers of entry into the local workforce
for military spouses, including--
(i) state licensure requirements;
(ii) availability of childcare;
(iii) access to broadband;
(iv) job availability in military communities; and
(v) access to housing.
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
containing the results of the study conducted under this
section, including any policy recommendations to address
employment barriers identified by the study.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Military spouse.--The term ``military spouse'' means
the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active
duty.
(2) Congressional defense committees.--The term
``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given
that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States
Code.
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