,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cecj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ad1 
#bjbc,ms4 ,murkowski 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,moran1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 and ,ms4       
,rosen7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
retain ,federal employees who are       
spouses of a member of the ,armed       
,forces or the ,foreign ,service when   
relocating due to an involuntary        
transfer1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,resilient ,employment and          
,authorization ,determination to        
,increase the ,national ,employment of  
,serving ,spouses ,act or the           
,,readiness ,act4  #b4 ,flexibilities   
for ,federal employees who are ,armed   
,forces or ,foreign ,service spouses    
7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,agency ,the term agency-- 7,a7 means   
each agency1 office1 or other           

establishment in the executive1         
legislative1 or judicial branch of the  
,federal ,government2 and  7,b7         
includes-- 7i7 each nonappropriated fund
 instrumentality of the ,united ,states1
 including each instrumentality         
described in section #baje7;c7 of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code2 and  7ii7 the
 ,united ,states ,postal ,service4  7#b7
 ,armed forces ,the term ,armed ,forces 
has the meaning given the term armed    
forces in section #baja of title #e1    
,united ,states ,code4  7#c7 ,covered   
individual ,the term covered individual 
means an individual who-- 7,a7 is the   
spouse of a member of the ,armed ,forces
 or the ,foreign ,service2  7,b7 is an  
employee2 and  7,c7 relocates because   
the spouse of the individual1 as        
described in subparagraph 7,a71 is      
subject to a permanent change of        
station4  7#d7 ,director ,the term      
,director means the ,director of the    
,office of ,personnel ,management4  7#e7
 ,employee ,the term employee means an  

employee of an agency4  7#f7 ,permanent 
change of station ,the term permanent   
change of station means1 with respect to
 a member of the ,armed ,forces or the  
,foreign ,service-- 7,a7 a permanent    
change of duty station2 or  7,b7 a      
change in homeport of a vessel1         
ship-based squadron or staff1 or mobile 
unit4  7#g7 ,permanent employee ,the    
term permanent employee does not include
 an employee who is serving under a     
temporary appointment or a term         
appointment4  7b7 ,requirement ,not     
later than #cj days after receiving a   
request from a covered individual1 the  
head of the agency employing the covered
 individual shall-- 7#a7 authorize the  
covered individual to work remotely     
full-time if that agency head determines
 that the duties of the covered         
individual do not require the regular   
physical presence of the covered        
individual in the workplace2  7#b7      
transfer the covered individual1 if     
qualified1 to a position of equal grade 

in the agency and in the commuting area 
of the new duty station or homeport of  
the spouse of the covered individual2   
7#c7 transfer the covered individual1 if
 qualified1 to a remote position of     
equal grade in the agency2 or  7#d7 in  
the case of a covered individual who is 
not authorized to work remotely under   
paragraph 7#a71 or to be transferred    
under paragraph 7#b7 or 7#c71 place the 
covered individual into a nonpay and    
nonduty status for the greater of-- 7,a7
 the duration of the service of the     
spouse of the covered individual at the 
new duty station or homeport of that    
spouse1 as described in paragraph 7#b72 
or  7,b7 the period of #cf consecutive  
months following the permanent change of
 station of the spouse of the covered   
individual4  7c7 ,non-,encumbered nonpay
 and nonduty status ,a position held by 
a covered individual placed into nonpay 
and nonduty status under this section-- 
7#a7 shall not be considered to be      
encumbered2 and  7#b7 may be backfilled 

by a permanent employee4  7d7 ,reports  
7#a7 ,agency reports to ,,opm ,for each 
of the first #e full fiscal years       
beginning after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 the head of each agency     
shall1 not later than #ahj days after   
the last day of that fiscal year1 submit
 to the ,director-- 7,a7 a list of each 
request received by that agency head    
under subsection 7b7 during the         
applicable fiscal year2 and  7,b7 the   
action taken by the agency head under   
subsection 7b7 with respect to each     
request described in subparagraph 7,a74 
7#b7 ,report to ,congress ,with respect 
to the information received by the      
,director under paragraph 7#a7 for a    
fiscal year1 the ,director shall1 not   
later than #aie days after the last day 
of that fiscal year1 submit to ,congress
 a report containing all of that        
information for that fiscal year1 which 
shall be sorted by agency4