1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Family Stability Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The approach to military families within the Department of Defense has changed considerably over the past decade, and recruitment and retention of military families is now seen as at least as important as the recruitment and retention of individual members of the Armed Forces. (2) Numerous programs exist within the Department to address the challenges and needs of military families, but the current military family readiness system falls short of providing military families the flexibility they need during moves in connection with permanent changes of station (PCS). (3) More military spouses are employed, and military spouses have higher levels of educational attainment, than ever before, and retention of the force in the future will depend fundamentally on retention of the military family. (4) All members of the Army and the Marine Corps in pay grade E–5 and below, and all members of the Navy and the Air Force in pay grade E–4 and below, are eligible for no-cost temporary housing. (5) From October 1, 2014, to September 30, 2015, every military installation of each Armed Force had unaccompanied quarters available for members described in paragraph (4) according to Permanent Party Unaccompanied Housing Net Utilization reports of the Department. (6) The members described in paragraph (4) comprise more than 30 percent of the total military population with families, according to Department manpower data under the Active Duty Family File. 3. Period for relocation of spouses and dependents of certain members of the Armed Forces undergoing a permanent change of station (a) Period of relocation (1) In general Subchapter I of chapter 88 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1784a the following new section: 1784b. Relocation of spouses and dependents in connection with the permanent change of station of certain members (a) Election of timing of