{"id":19232,"date":"2023-06-12T11:50:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T15:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=19232"},"modified":"2023-06-12T11:50:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T15:50:45","slug":"sens-ossoff-schmitt-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-give-military-spouses-more-job-flexibility-during-relocations","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-schmitt-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-give-military-spouses-more-job-flexibility-during-relocations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Ossoff, Schmitt Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Give Military Spouses More Job Flexibility During Relocations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D<\/strong>.C. <\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing bipartisan legislation to support military spouses\u2019 careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many military families incur high costs during frequent moves, including military spouses who must reapply for business licenses, certifications, and more when moving to a new assignment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, the Department of Defense (DoD) only offers reimbursements for military spouses\u2019 relicensing, recertification, and business costs when active-duty military families relocate between assignments; not when families relocate between active and reserve assignments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Sens. Ossoff and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) introduced the bipartisan Military Spouse Career Support Act of 2023 <\/em>to grant reimbursements for military families\u2019 business expenses when moving between active and reserve assignments \u2014 with the goal of improving retention rates across the armed forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMilitary families make tremendous sacrifices in defense of our nation,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said. <\/strong>\u201cI\u2019m bringing Republicans and Democrats together to help military spouses have more job flexibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe United States government has an obligation to keep the best interests of our servicemen and servicewomen top of mind \u2013 and that includes military spouses. This bill ensures military spouses are eligible for reimbursement should a servicemember choose to transfer to the reserves,\u201d said Sen. Schmitt.<\/strong> \u201cProviding an avenue to meaningful employment for servicemembers and military spouses as this bill does is important to maintain quality of life for our servicemembers and hopefully boosts retention. I\u2019m proud to partner with Senator Ossoff on this important bill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the DoD<\/a>, nearly 39% of military spouses require a professional license for their jobs and can face unemployment each time they move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Sen. Ossoff worked across the aisle to pass the bipartisan Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act<\/em> into law to make job opportunities more flexible for military spouses<\/a> by requiring states to recognize the professional licenses of military spouses from other states when their family\u2019s station changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read the bipartisan Military Spouse Career Support Act of 2023.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing bipartisan legislation to support military spouses\u2019 careers. Many military families incur high costs during frequent moves, including military spouses who must reapply for business licenses, certifications, and more when moving to a new assignment.  Currently, the Department of Defense (DoD) only offers reimbursements for military spouses\u2019 relicensing, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19232","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19234,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/19232\/revisions\/19234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}