S.Amdt. 5543

SA 5543. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. ____. 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); and

(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:

“(3) The term ‘remote work' refers to a work flexibility arrangement under which an employee--

“(A) is not expected to physically report to the location from which the employee would otherwise work, considering the position of the employee; and

“(B) performs the duties and responsibilities of such employee's position, and other authorized activities, from an approved worksite--

“(i) other than the location from which the employee would otherwise work;

“(ii) that may be inside or outside the local commuting area of the location from which the employee would otherwise work; and

“(iii) that is typically the residence of the employee.”;

(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 who is on active duty, or a spouse of a disabled or deceased member of the Armed Forces, to a position in which that spouse will engage in remote work.”; and

(3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking “subsection (a)(3)” and inserting “subsection (a)(4)”.