1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Resilient Employment and Authorization Determination to Increase the National Employment of Serving Spouses Act or the READINESS Act . 2. Flexibilities for Federal employees who are Armed Forces or foreign service spouses (a) In general Not later than 30 calendar days after receiving a request from a covered individual, the head of the agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government employing such covered individual shall— (1) authorize such covered individual to work remotely full-time if the head determines that the duties of such covered individual do not require regular physical presence of the covered individual in the workplace; (2) transfer the covered individual to a position of equal grade, as qualified, in the agency or instrumentality in the commuting area of the new permanent duty location of the spouse of such covered individual; (3) transfer the covered individual to a remote position of equal grade, as qualified, in the agency or instrumentality; or (4) in the case of a covered individual who is not authorized or able to be transferred under paragraph (1), (2), or (3), place the covered individual into a nonpay status for the greater of— (A) the duration of the service of the spouse of the covered individual at such permanent duty location; or (B) the period of 36 consecutive months following the permanent change of station. (b) Non-Encumbered nonpay status A position held by a covered individual placed into nonpay status under this section shall not be considered encumbered, and may be backfilled by a permanent employee. (c) Reports (1) Agency reports to OPM Not later than October 1 of each of the first five fiscal years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government shall submit to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management— (A) a list of each request received by such head under subsection (a) during the immediately preceding fiscal year