S.Amdt. 214

SA 214. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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. 565. FULL-TIME TELEWORK FOR CERTAIN MILITARY SPOUSES
EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 30 calendar days after
receiving a request from a covered individual under this
section, the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) authorize such covered individual to work 100 percent
remotely if the Secretary determines that the duties of such
covered individual do not require the presence of the covered
individual in the workplace; or
(2) in the case of a covered individual who does not
receive authorization under paragraph (1)--
(A) reassign the covered individual to a position in the
Department at the new permanent duty location of the spouse
of such covered individual; or
(B) grant the covered individual terminal leave without pay
for the greater of--
(i) the duration of the service of the spouse of the
covered individual at such permanent duty location; or
(ii) the period of 36 consecutive months following the
permanent change of station.
(b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered
individual'' means an individual--
(1) who is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces;
(2) who is employed by the Department of Defense; and
(3) who relocates because such member receives a permanent
change of station.
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