,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #igg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #e1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,vindman 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,wittman7 introduced the following     
bill2 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 work1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,support ,military         
,families ,act4  #b4 ,permitting        
telework or remote work for ,federal    
employees who are military spouses  7a7 
,in general ,notwithstanding any other  
law1 rule1 or regulation1 any employee  
in the executive branch of the ,federal 
,government who is a spouse of a member 
of the armed forces-- 7#a7 shall be     
exempt from any requirement to return to
 full-time in-person work2 and  7#b7 may
 engage in telework or remote work4  7b7
 ,application ,subsection 7a7 shall only

 apply to such a spouse who1 prior to   
,january #bj1 #bjbe1 was eligible to    
telework or remote work4  7c7 ,,gao     
report ,not later than #ahj days after  
the date of the enactment of this       
section1 the ,comptroller ,general of   
the ,united ,states shall submit a      
report1 to the ,committee on ,oversight 
and ,government ,reform of the ,house of
 ,representatives and the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate1 and publish    
such report on the public website of the
 ,government ,accountability ,office4   
,such report shall include-- 7#a7 the   
total number of employees described in  
subsection 7a72  7#b7 the average       
distance 7in miles7 such employees would
 commute if required to report to work  
in-person at their agency duty station2 
and  7#c7 the estimated economic impact 
of requiring such employees to perform  
in-person work1 including the estimated 
costs of filling positions becoming     
vacant and lost productivity costs to   

the ,federal ,government4  7d7          
,definitions ,in this section1 the terms
 armed forces and civil service have the
 meaning given those terms in section   
#baja of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code4