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To permit Federal employees who are spouses of members of the armed forces to engage in telework and remote work, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill permits federal employees who are spouses of military service members to continue telework or remote work arrangements. The exemption applies only to those who were eligible for such work arrangements before January 20, 2025. The bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report within 180 days on the number of affected employees, average commute distances, and the estimated costs of requiring these employees to work in-person.
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Actions (3)
- Feb 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
- Feb 5, 2025 Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H466)
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 5, 2025
Mr. Vindman (for himself and Mr. Wittman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To permit Federal employees who are spouses of members of the armed forces to engage in telework and remote work, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Support Military Families Act”.
SEC. 2. PERMITTING TELEWORK OR REMOTE WORK FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MILITARY SPOUSES.
(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, any employee in the executive branch of the Federal Government who is a spouse of a member of the armed forces—
(1) shall be exempt from any requirement to return to full- time in-person work; and
(2) may engage in telework or remote work.
(b) Application.—Subsection (a) shall only apply to such a spouse who, prior to January 20, 2025, was eligible to telework or remote work.
(c) GAO Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report, to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and publish such report on the public website of the Government Accountability Office. Such report shall include—
(1) the total number of employees described in subsection
(a);
(2) the average distance (in miles) such employees would commute if required to report to work in-person at their agency duty station; and
(3) the estimated economic impact of requiring such employees to perform in-person work, including the estimated costs of filling positions becoming vacant and lost productivity costs to the Federal Government.
(d) Definitions.—In this section, the terms “armed forces” and “civil service” have the meaning given those terms in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code. <all>
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