[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6311 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6311

  To amend title 5, United States Code, 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 station, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 25, 2025

  Ms. Salinas (for herself and Mr. Evans of Colorado) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, 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 station, 
                        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 ``PCS Leave for Military Spouse 
Federal Workers Act''.

SEC. 2. PAID LEAVE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF 
              UNIFORMED SERVICES OR FOREIGN SERVICE WHO ARE RELOCATED.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 63 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 6329e. Permanent change of station leave
    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) In general.--Consistent with paragraph (2), an 
        employee shall be entitled to at least 40 hours of paid leave 
        because of the permanent change of station of the employee's 
        spouse. With respect to an employee with a part-time or 
        uncommon tour of duty, 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 duty.
            ``(2) Additional leave.--An employee may receive additional 
        paid leave under this section as the head of the employee's 
        employing agency deems appropriate.
    ``(b) Application.--Paid leave under this section--
            ``(1) is in addition to any other leave provided to an 
        employee;
            ``(2) 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 work;
            ``(3) may be used only during periods when the employee 
        would otherwise be scheduled to be in duty status;
            ``(4) may be taken by an employee intermittently or on a 
        reduced leave schedule, but no later than 1 month after the 
        employee's move that is the basis for use of leave under this 
        section;
            ``(5) may not be converted to a cash payment for any unused 
        amount; and
            ``(6) shall be available for each instance of a permanent 
        change of station but shall not accumulate for subsequent use.
    ``(c) 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 section.
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `employee' means an individual who--
                    ``(A) is an employee (as that term is defined in 
                section 2105), including--
                            ``(i) individuals employed on a temporary 
                        or term basis; and
                            ``(ii) notwithstanding any other provision 
                        of law, any officer or employee--
                                    ``(I) of the United States Postal 
                                Service or the Postal Regulatory 
                                Commission;
                                    ``(II) appointed under chapter 73 
                                or 74 of title 38, notwithstanding any 
                                other provision of that title including 
                                section 7425(b); or
                                    ``(III) occupying any other 
                                position in the civil service;
                    ``(B) is the spouse of--
                            ``(i) a member of the uniformed services or 
                        the Foreign Service (as that term is defined in 
                        section 3902 of title 22); or
                            ``(ii) 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 3922 of title 22; 
                        and
                    ``(C) relocates because such spouse is subject to a 
                permanent change of station; and
            ``(2) the term `permanent change of station' means, with 
        respect to a spouse described under paragraph (1)(B)--
                    ``(A) a permanent change of duty station; or
                    ``(B) a change in homeport of a vessel, ship-based 
                squadron or staff, or mobile unit.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for such subchapter 
is amended by adding after the item relating to section 6329d the 
following:

``6329e. Permanent change of station leave.''.
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