S.Amdt. 2876

SA 2876. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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. ___. THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SPOUSES OF
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OR THE FOREIGN
SERVICE.

Section 8432(g) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(6) Nothing in paragraph (2) or (3) shall cause the
forfeiture of any contributions made for the benefit of an
employee, Member, or Congressional employee under subsection
(c)(1), or any earnings attributable thereto, if--
``(A) at the time such employee, Member, or Congressional
employee separates from Government employment, the spouse of
such employee, Member, or Congressional employee is--
``(i) a member of the armed forces, as defined in section
101(a) of title 10; or
``(ii) an individual described in section 103 of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903), including an
individual serving in an agency other than the Department of
State that is utilizing the Foreign Service personnel system
in accordance with section 202 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 3922);
and
``(B) such employee, Member, or Congressional employee
separates from Government employment due to--
``(i) a permanent change of duty station of such spouse; or
``(ii) a change in the homeport or permanent duty station
of a vessel, ship-based squadron or staff, or mobile unit of
such spouse.''.
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