H.R. 977

Summary

H.R. 977, the Support Military Families Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 5, 2025 by Rep. Eugene Vindman (D) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Oversight And Government Reform, and last saw action on Feb 5, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Record

Text

H.R. 977 has 4 co-sponsors.

119 HR 977 IH: Support Military Families Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-05
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 977  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 5, 2025   Mr. Vindman  (for himself and  Mr. Wittman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform    A BILL
To permit Federal employees who are spouses of members of the armed forces to engage in telework and remote work, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Support Military Families Act  .
2.
Permitting telework or remote work for Federal employees who are military spouses
(a)
In general
Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, any employee in the executive branch of the Federal Government who is a spouse of a member of the armed forces—
(1)
shall be exempt from any requirement to return to full-time in-person work; and
(2)
may engage in telework or remote work.
(b)
Application
Subsection (a) shall only apply to such a spouse who, prior to January 20, 2025, was eligible to telework or remote work.
(c)
GAO report
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report, to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and publish such report on the public website of the Government Accountability Office. Such report shall include—
(1)
the total number of employees described in subsection (a);
(2)
the average distance (in miles) such employees would commute if required to report to work in-person at their agency duty station; and
(3)
the estimated economic impact of requiring such employees to perform in-person work, including the estimated costs of filling positions becoming vacant and lost productivity costs to the Federal Government.
(d)
Definitions
In this section, the terms  armed forces  and  civil service  have the meaning given those terms in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code.

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To permit Federal employees who are spouses of members of the armed forces to engage in telework and remote work, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Eugene Vindman (D) sponsors H.R. 977, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Eugene Vindman

Rep. · D–VA-7 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 5, 2025

Robert Wittman

Rep. · R–VA-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 5, 2025 · Original

Jennifer Kiggans

Rep. · R–VA-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 12, 2025

Mike D. Rogers

Rep. · R–AL-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 13, 2025

Michael Lawler

Rep. · R–NY-17 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 24, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 977 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform

Oversight and Government Reform

Referred To · Feb 5, 2025 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 977 has taken 3 actions since Feb 5, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 977 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 977 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Support Military Families Act — Display Title
• Support Military Families Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To permit Federal employees who are spouses of members of the armed forces to engage in telework and remote work, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 25 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 977 in 14 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Medicare/Medicaid, Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Defense.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 25.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 977 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 8 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 977’s is Government Operations and Politics.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 977 carries 8 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Commuting to Military personnel and dependents.

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