,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #becc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bf1     
#bjbc,mrs4 ,feinstein introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
,secretary of ,defense to allow certain 
military spouses employed by the        
,department of ,defense to telework full
 time4  #a4 ,full-time telework for     
certain military spouses employed by the
 ,department of ,defense  7a7 ,in       
general ,not later than #cj calendar    
days after receiving a request from a   
covered individual under this section1  
the ,secretary of ,defense shall-- 7#a7 
authorize such covered individual to    
work #ajj percent remotely if the       
,secretary determines that the duties of
 such covered individual do not require 
the presence of the covered individual  
in the workplace2 or  7#b7 in the case  
of a covered individual who does not    
receive authorization under paragraph   

7#a7-- 7,a7 reassign the covered        
individual to a position in the         
,department at the new permanent duty   
location of the spouse of such covered  
individual2 or  7,b7 grant the covered  
individual terminal leave without pay   
for the greater of-- 7i7 the duration of
 the service of the spouse of the       
covered individual at such permanent    
duty location2 or  7ii7 the period of   
#cf consecutive months following the    
permanent change of station4  7b7       
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
covered individual means an individual--
 7#a7 who is the spouse of a member of  
the ,armed ,forces2  7#b7 who is        
employed by the ,department of ,defense2
 and  7#c7 who relocates because such   
member receives a permanent change of   
station4