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                        "excerpt": "The Commission shall advise and assist the President on policies that affect military spouses and families"
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                        "locator": "Sec. 3(d)",
                        "excerpt": "recommending to the President practicable actions to help ensure the overall well-being of military spouses"
                    },
                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/06/2026-16125/establishing-the-presidents-military-spouse-commission",
                        "locator": "Sec. 3(e)",
                        "excerpt": "providing the President with a report on the matters described in this section at the end of each fiscal year"
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                "text": "The commission ends 2 years from the date of the order unless the President extends it.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/06/2026-16125/establishing-the-presidents-military-spouse-commission",
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                        "excerpt": "expand occupational licensure portability so military spouses have more opportunities to work in different States"
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                        "locator": "Sec. 1",
                        "excerpt": "Now is the time to build on these successes."
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                "text": "The order states that it creates no right or benefit enforceable at law by any party.",
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                        "excerpt": "The spouse of the Secretary of War shall serve as Chair."
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                "text": "The order places no duty on private, state or local employers. Its directions run to the commission and to federal departments and agencies.",
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                "text": "Nothing changes for employers now. Because the commission's work includes employment policy for military spouses, its recommendations could later lead to agency actions that touch hiring or remote and flexible work, but the order does not say what those would be.",
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