The Military Spouses Employment Act

The Military Spouses Employment Act – HR 4764 – introduced by Congressman Carter would provide a tax incentive for employers to hire military spouses. In this tough economic time – and with some employers concerned about military moves and deployment issues – this provides an additional inducement for them to choose the qualified military spouse who applies.

Bill information is now posted on MOAA’s “Message Sender” page which allows a spouse to input his/her zip code and quickly send a message to their Representative to ask them to co-sponsor the bill. Spouses can modify and personalize the message with the story of their own career challenges and concerns, or they can use the template that’s provided.

Plus, you can see which Representatives were the first ones to sign on to co-sponsor (5 Democrats; 17 Republicans). Is your Representative listed?

By uniting together to contact Congress, military spouses can again make a difference --- just as we did with the passage of the Spouse Residency Relief Act and the recent reinstatement of the MyCAA program to current enrollees.