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10 U.S.C. § 1784 — Employment opportunities for military spouses
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**(a) Authority.—** The President shall order such measures as the President considers necessary to increase employment opportunities for spouses of members of the armed forces. Such measures may include—
(1) excepting, pursuant to [section 3302 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3302&num=0&edition=prelim), from the competitive service positions in the Department of Defense located outside of the United States to provide employment opportunities for qualified spouses of members of the armed forces in the same geographical area as the permanent duty station of the members; and
(2) providing preference in hiring for positions in nonappropriated fund activities to qualified spouses of members of the armed forces stationed in the same geographical area as the nonappropriated fund activity for positions in wage grade UA–8 and below and equivalent positions and for positions paid at hourly rates.
**(b) Regulations.—** The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations—
(1) to implement such measures as the President orders under subsection (a);
(2) to provide preference to qualified spouses of members of the armed forces in hiring for any civilian position in the Department of Defense if the spouse is among persons determined to be best qualified for the position and if the position is located in the same geographical area as the permanent duty station of the member;
(3) to ensure that notice of any vacant position in the Department of Defense is provided in a manner reasonably designed to reach spouses of members of the armed forces whose permanent duty stations are in the same geographic area as the area in which the position is located; and
(4) to ensure that the spouse of a member of the armed forces who applies
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**(a) Authority.—** The President shall order such measures as the President considers necessary to increase employment opportunities for spouses of members of the armed forces. Such measures may include—
(1) excepting, pursuant to [section 3302 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3302&num=0&edition=prelim), from the competitive service positions in the Department of Defense located outside of the United States to provide employment opportunities for qualified spouses of members of the armed forces in the same geographical area as the permanent duty station of the members; and
(2) providing preference in hiring for positions in nonappropriated fund activities to qualified spouses of members of the armed forces stationed in the same geographical area as the nonappropriated fund activity for positions in wage grade UA–8 and below and equivalent positions and for positions paid at hourly rates.
**(b) Regulations.—** The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations—
(1) to implement such measures as the President orders under subsection (a);
(2) to provide preference to qualified spouses of members of the armed forces in hiring for any civilian position in the Department of Defense if the spouse is among persons determined to be best qualified for the position and if the position is located in the same geographical area as the permanent duty station of the member;
(3) to ensure that notice of any vacant position in the Department of Defense is provided in a manner reasonably designed to reach spouses of members of the armed forces whose permanent duty stations are in the same geographic area as the area in which the position is located; and
(4) to ensure that the spouse of a member of the armed forces who applies for a vacant position in the Department of Defense shall, to the extent practicable, be considered for any such position located in the same geographic area as the permanent duty station of the member.
**(c) Status of Preference Eligibles.—** Nothing in this section shall be construed to provide a spouse of a member of the armed forces with preference in hiring over an individual who is a preference eligible.
**(d) Space-Available Use of Facilities for Spouse Training Purposes.—** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department may make available to a non-Department of Defense entity space in non-excess facilities controlled by that Secretary for the purpose of the non-Department of Defense entity providing employment-related training for military spouses.
**(e) Employment by Other Federal Agencies.—** The Secretary of Defense shall work with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies to expand and facilitate the use of existing Federal programs and resources in support of military spouse employment.
**(f) Private-Sector Employment.—** The Secretary of Defense—
(1) shall seek to develop partnerships with firms in the private sector to enhance employment opportunities for spouses of members of the armed forces and to provide for improved job portability for such spouses, especially in the case of the spouse of a member of the armed forces accompanying the member to a new geographical area because of a change of permanent duty station of the member; and
(2) shall work with the United States Chamber of Commerce and other appropriate private-sector entities to facilitate the formation of such partnerships.
**(g) Employment With DOD Contractors.—** The Secretary of Defense shall examine and seek ways for incorporating hiring preferences for qualified spouses of members of the armed forces into contracts between the Department of Defense and private-sector entities.
**(h) Improvement of Occupational License Portability Through Interstate Compacts.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Council of State Governments to assist with funding of the development of interstate compacts on licensed occupations in order to alleviate the burden associated with relicensing in such an occupation by spouse of a members of the armed forces in connection with a permanent change of duty station of members to another State.
(2) **Limitation on assistance per compact.—** — The amount provided under paragraph (1) as assistance for the development of any particular interstate compact may not exceed $1,000,000.
(3) **Limitation on total amount of assistance.—** — The total amount of assistance provided under paragraph (1) in any fiscal year may not exceed $4,000,000.
(4) **Annual report.—** — Not later than February 28 each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on interstate compacts described in paragraph (1) developed through assistance provided under that paragraph. Each report shall set forth the following:
(A) Any interstate compact developed during the preceding calendar year, including the occupational licenses covered by such compact and the States agreeing to enter into such compact.
(B) Any interstate compact developed during a prior calendar year into which one or more additional States agreed to enter during the preceding calendar year.
**(i) Employment Fellowship Opportunities.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program to provide spouses of members of the armed forces with paid fellowships (including in-person, remote, and hybrid fellowships) with employers in various industries. To carry out such program, the Secretary shall take the following steps:
(A) Seek to enter into an agreement with an entity to conduct such program.
(B) Determine the appropriate capacity for the program based on the availability of appropriations for such purpose.
(C) Establish criteria to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the program in supporting the employment of such spouses.
(2) The authority to carry out the program under this subsection shall terminate on January 1, 2031.
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The President may prescribe rules governing the competitive service. The rules shall provide, as nearly as conditions of good administration warrant, for—
(1) necessary exceptions of positions from the competitive service; and
(2) necessary exceptions from the provisions of sections 2951, 3304(b), 3321, 7202, and 7203 of this title.
Each officer and individual employed in an agency to which the rules apply shall aid in carrying out the rules.
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) **Agency.—** — The term “agency” means an Executive agency.
(2) **Director.—** — The term “Director” means the Director of the Office.
(3) **Examination.—** — The term “examination” means the process by which an applicant demonstrates knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies.
(4) **Examining agency.—** — The term “examining agency” means—
(A) the Office; or
(B) an agency to which the Director has delegated examining authority under section 1104(a)(2).
(5) **Office.—** — The term “Office” means the Office of Personnel Management.
(6) **Passing score.—** — The term “passing score” means a minimum acceptable score or rating, consistent with applicable law, that may include a quantitative or qualitative assessment that an applicant can pass or fail.
(7) **Relevant committees.—** — The term “relevant committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives.
(8) **Subject matter expert.—** — The term “subject matter expert” means an employee or selecting official—
(A) who possesses an understanding of the duties of, and knowledge, skills, and abilities required for, the position for which the employee or selecting official is developing or administering an examination; and
(B) whom the delegated examining unit of the examining agency that employs the employee or selecting official designates to assist in the development and administration of technical assessments.
(9) **Technical assessment.—** — The term “technical assessment” means a position-specific tool that is relevant to the position for which the tool is developed that—
(A) allows for the demonstration of job-relate
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**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no action may be taken to effect or implement—
(1) the closure, including a mothball action, divestiture, deactivation, or any other action to render inoperable, of any military installation at which at least 300 civilian personnel are authorized to be employed;
(2) any realignment with respect to any military installation referred to in paragraph (1) involving a reduction by more than 1,000, or by more than 50 percent, in the number of civilian personnel authorized to be employed at such military installation at the time the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned notifies the Congress under subsection (b) of the Secretary’s plan to close or realign such installation; or
(3) any construction, conversion, or rehabilitation at any military facility other than a military installation referred to in clause (1) or (2) which will or may be required as a result of the relocation of civilian personnel to such facility by reason of any closure or realignment to which clause (1) or (2) applies,
unless and until the provisions of subsection (b) are complied with.
**(b)** No action described in subsection (a) with respect to the closure of, or a realignment with respect to, any military installation referred to in such subsection may be taken unless and until—
(1) the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned notifies the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, as part of an annual request for authorization of appropriations to such Committees, of the proposed closing or realignment and submits with the notification—
(A) an evaluation of the fiscal, local economic, budgetary, environme
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) The term “active duty”—
(A) has the meaning given that term in [section 101(d)(1) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section101/d/1&num=0&edition=prelim);
(B) includes full-time National Guard duty (as defined in [section 101(d)(5) of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section101/d/5&num=0&edition=prelim)); and
(C) for a member of a reserve component (as described in [section 10101 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section10101&num=0&edition=prelim)), does not include training duties or attendance at a service school.
(2) The term “agency”—
(A) has the meaning given the term “Executive agency” in [section 105 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section105&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) does not include the Government Accountability Office.
(3) The term “covered spouse” means an individual who is married to an individual who—
(A)
(i) is an employee of the Department of State or an element of the intelligence community; or
(ii) is a member of the Armed Forces who is assigned to an element of the intelligence community; and
(B) is transferred in the interest of the Government from one official station within the applicable agency to another within the agency (that is outside of normal commuting distance) for permanent duty.
(4) The term “intelligence community” has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ([50 U.S.C. 3003](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3003&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(5) The term “remote work” refers to a work flexibil
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The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President (1) any function which is vested in the President by law, or (2) any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part.
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**(a)**
(1) There is a Secretary of Defense, who is the head of the Department of Defense, appointed from civilian life by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(2) A person may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense—
(A) within seven years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force in a grade below O–7; or
(B) within 10 years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force in the grade of O–7 or above.
**(b)** The Secretary is the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense. Subject to the direction of the President and to this title and section 2 of the National Security Act of 1947 ([50 U.S.C. 3002](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3002&num=0&edition=prelim)) he has authority, direction, and control over the Department of Defense.
**(c)** The Secretary shall report annually in writing to the President and the Congress on the expenditures, work, and accomplishments of the Department of Defense during the period covered by the report, together with—
(1) a report from each military department on the expenditures, work, and accomplishments of that department;
(2) itemized statements showing the savings of public funds, and the eliminations of unnecessary duplications, made under sections 125 and 191 of this title; and
(3) such recommendations as he considers appropriate.
**(d)** Unless specifically prohibited by law, the Secretary may, without being relieved of his responsibility, perform any of his functions or duties, or exercise any of his powers through, or with the aid of, such persons in, or organizations of, the Department of Defense
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**(a) Required Training.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations implementing a training program for child care employees. Those regulations shall apply uniformly among the military departments. Subject to paragraph (2), satisfactory completion of the training program shall be a condition of employment of any person as a child care employee.
(2) Under those regulations, the Secretary shall require that each child care employee complete the training program not later than six months after the date on which the employee is employed as a child care employee.
(3) The training program established under this subsection shall cover, at a minimum, training in the following:
(A) Early childhood development.
(B) Activities and disciplinary techniques appropriate to children of different ages.
(C) Child abuse prevention and detection.
(D) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other emergency medical procedures.
**(b) Training and Curriculum Specialists.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall require that at least one employee at each military child development center be a specialist in training and curriculum development. The Secretary shall ensure that such employees have appropriate credentials and experience.
(2) The duties of such employees shall include the following:
(A) Special teaching activities at the center.
(B) Daily oversight and instruction of other child care employees at the center.
(C) Daily assistance in the preparation of lesson plans.
(D) Assistance in the center’s child abuse prevention and detection program.
(E) Advising the director of the center on the performance of other child care employees.
(3) Each employee referred to in paragraph (1) shall be an employee in a competitive service position.
**(c) Compet
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**(a) In general** If a servicemember or the spouse of a servicemember has a covered license and relocates residence because such servicemember receives military orders for military service in a State other than the State of the licensing authority that issued the covered license, such covered license shall be considered valid for the scope of practice in the State of the new residence if such servicemember or spouse submits to the licensing authority of such State an application described in subsection (c).
**(b) Temporary licenses** If a licensing authority is required to consider a covered license valid under subsection (a) but cannot carry out such requirement during the 30 days after receiving an application described in subsection (c), the licensing authority may issue to the applicant a temporary license that confers the same rights, privileges, and responsibilities as a permanent license.
**(c) Application** An application described in this subsection includes the following:
(1) Proof of military orders described in subsection (a).
(2) If the applicant is the spouse of a servicemember, a copy of the marriage certificate.
(3) A notarized affidavit affirming, under the penalty of law, that—
(A) the applicant is the person described and identified in the application;
(B) all statements made in the application are true and correct and complete;
(C) the applicant has read and understands the requirements to receive a license, and the scope of practice, of the State of the licensing authority;
(D) the applicant certifies that the applicant meets and shall comply with requirements described in subparagraph (C); and
(E) the applicant is in good standing in all States in which the applicant holds or has held a license.
**(d) Background checks** A lic
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 1784
agencies of the Federal Government and from State
and local governments; and
‘‘(C) otherwise advise and assist the Director in the
discharge of the duties of the Office of Community
Support for Military Families With Special Needs in
such manner as the Secretary of Defense and the Di-
rector jointly determine appropriate.
‘‘(4) MEETINGS.—The Director shall meet with the ad-
visory panel at such times, and with such frequency, as
the Director considers appropriate. The Director shall
meet with the panel at least once each year. The Direc-
tor may meet with the panel through teleconferencing
or by other electronic means.’’
§ 1782. Surveys of military families
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense, in
order to determine the effectiveness of Federal
programs relating to military families and the
need for new programs, may conduct surveys
of—
(1) members of the armed forces who are on
active duty, in an active status, or retired;
(2) family members of such members; and
(3) survivors of deceased retired members
and of members who died while on active duty.
(b) RESPONSES TO BE VOLUNTARY.—Responses
to surveys conducted under this section shall be
voluntary.
(c) FEDERAL RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.—
With respect to a survey authorized under sub-
section (a) that includes a person referred to in
that subsection who is not an employee of the
United States or is not otherwise considered an
employee of the United States for the purposes
of section 3502(3)(A)(i) of title 44, the person
shall be considered as being an employee of the
United States for the purposes of that section.
(d) SURVEY REQUIRED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010.—
Notwithstanding subsection (a), during fiscal
year 2010, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct
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