,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #be1       
#bjbe,ms4 ,salinas 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,evans of ,colorado7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1  
to provide paid leave to any ,federal   
employee whose spouse is a member of the
 uniformed services or the ,foreign     
,service and is subject to a permanent  
change of station1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,pcs ,leave for    
,military ,spouse ,federal ,workers     
,act4  #b4 ,paid leave for ,federal     
employees who are spouses of members of 
uniformed services or ,foreign ,service 
who are relocated  7a7 ,in general      
,subchapter ,,ii of chapter #fc of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3     
#fcbi;e4 ,permanent change of station   

leave  7a7 ,in general  7#a7 ,in general
 ,consistent with paragraph 7#b71 an    
employee shall be entitled to at least  
#dj hours of paid leave because of the  
permanent change of station of the      
employee's spouse4 ,with respect to an  
employee with a part-time or uncommon   
tour of duty1 such employee shall       
receive a proportionally equivalent     
number of hours of paid leave under this
 section based on the hours in the      
employee's established tour of duty4    
7#b7 ,additional leave ,an employee may 
receive additional paid leave under this
 section as the head of the employee's  
employing agency deems appropriate4  7b7
 ,application ,paid leave under this    
section-- 7#a7 is in addition to any    
other leave provided to an employee2    
7#b7 may be used only while the employee
 is engaged in activities directly      
related to facilitating the employee's  
move to a new geographic location where 
the employee's spouse will be assigned  
to work2  7#c7 may be used only during  

periods when the employee would         
otherwise be scheduled to be in duty    
status2  7#d7 may be taken by an        
employee intermittently or on a reduced 
leave schedule1 but no later than #a    
month after the employee's move that is 
the basis for use of leave under this   
section2  7#e7 may not be converted to a
 cash payment for any unused amount2 and
  7#f7 shall be available for each      
instance of a permanent change of       
station but shall not accumulate for    
subsequent use4  7c7 ,notice ,each      
employee shall provide their employing  
agency a copy of their spouses permanent
 change of station on the date the      
employee requests leave under this      
section4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this     
section-- 7#a7 the term employee means  
an individual who-- 7,a7 is an employee 
7as that term is defined in section     
#baje71 including-- 7i7 individuals     
employed on a temporary or term basis2  
and  7ii7 notwithstanding any other     
provision of law1 any officer or        

employee-- 7,i7 of the ,united ,states  
,postal ,service or the ,postal         
,regulatory ,commission2  7,,ii7        
appointed under chapter #gc or #gd of   
title #ch1 notwithstanding any other    
provision of that title including       
section #gdbe7;b72 or  7,,iii7 occupying
 any other position in the civil        
service2  7,b7 is the spouse of-- 7i7 a 
member of the uniformed services or the 
,foreign ,service 7as that term is      
defined in section #cijb of title #bb72 
or  7ii7 an individual who is employed  
by an agency other than the ,department 
of ,state and who is subject to the     
,foreign ,service personnel system      
pursuant to section #cibb of title #bb2 
and  7,c7 relocates because such spouse 
is subject to a permanent change of     
station2 and  7#b7 the term permanent   
change of station means1 with respect to
 a spouse described under paragraph     
7#a77;,b7-- 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  4   
7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of   
sections for such subchapter is amended 
by adding after the item relating to    
section #fcbi;d the following3  #fcbi;e4
 ,permanent change of station leave4  4