1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Foreign Service Families Act of 2019 . 2. Telecommuting opportunities (a) Updated plan Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall revise Chapter 2360 of Volume 3 of the Foreign Affairs Manual to include an updated plan for providing telecommuting opportunities for spouses of Foreign Service officers who are stationed overseas. The Secretary of State may revise the Personnel Operations Handbook and the International Cooperative Administrative Support Services Handbook to reflect the updated plan. (b) Elements The updated plan developed under subsection (a) shall include— (1) arranging telecommuting options with Federal agencies for spouses already employed at agencies as civilian employees before moving overseas; and (2) encouraging Federal contractors to make telecommuting opportunities available to qualified eligible spouses. 3. Employment and education programs for spouses of Foreign Service officers Section 706(b)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4026(b)(1) ) is amended— (1) by striking The Secretary may and inserting The Secretary shall ; (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: (C) establishing a program for assisting spouses of Foreign Service officers to access employment and education opportunities, which shall be modeled after the programs authorized under sections 1784 and 1784a of title 10, United States Code, and based on regulations modeled after those prescribed pursuant to subsection (b) of such section 1784