{"id":23614,"date":"2024-06-20T11:31:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T15:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=23614"},"modified":"2024-06-20T11:31:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T15:31:36","slug":"sen-ossoff-continues-work-to-support-careers-of-military-spouses-during-relocation","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-continues-work-to-support-careers-of-military-spouses-during-relocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Continues Work to Support Careers of Military Spouses During Relocation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing his work to support military spouses and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Sen. Ossoff is launching a push to pass the bipartisan READINESS Act<\/em>, legislation he is co-sponsoring to strengthen career flexibility for military spouses during a Permanent Change of Station, or when servicemembers are relocated to another installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bipartisan bill would make it easier for military spouses who work for the Federal government to maintain their jobs when their spouse is relocated or help them find a similar job closer to their new base. Should a military spouse be eligible for a transfer or remote work, their federal agency of employment would be required to retain them under the new bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cServicemembers and their families make tremendous sacrifices to keep our country safe, and many face<\/a> frequent moves across the country and around the world during their time in service,\u201d Sen. Ossoff<\/strong> said.<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m working to bring Republicans and Democrats together to support military spouses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bipartisan bill was first introduced by Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff continues working to support the careers of military spouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, Sens. Ossoff and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) introduced<\/a> the bipartisan Military Spouse Job Continuity Act<\/em> to permanently authorize reimbursements for military spouses who are forced to pay fees for the transfer of a professional license or certification due to a Permanent Change of Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Sens. Ossoff and Schmitt passed into law<\/a> their bipartisan Military Spouse Career Support Act of 2023 <\/em>through the NDAA to support military spouses\u2019 careers by expanding the reimbursement of licensure and business costs to spouses of servicemembers who are transferring to the reserve component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Sen. Ossoff passed into law his bipartisan Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act<\/em> 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

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Washington, D.C.\u00a0\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is continuing his work to support military spouses and their families. Today, Sen. Ossoff is launching a push to pass the bipartisan READINESS Act, legislation he is co-sponsoring to strengthen career flexibility for military spouses during a Permanent Change of Station, or when servicemembers are relocated to another installation. The […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23614","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23614","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\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23616,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/23614\/revisions\/23616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}