PCS Leave for Military Spouse Federal Workers Act

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