# 2025-08679: President Honors Military Spouses on Their Special Day 2025

2025-08679, Military Spouse Day, 2025, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-05-14, effective 2025-05-09 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-08679
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-08679
- Title: Military Spouse Day, 2025
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 20359
- Published: 2025-05-14
- Effective: 2025-05-09
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

President Honors Military Spouses on Their Special Day 2025

## Summary

Military Spouse Day 2025 honors the amazing spouses of our Armed Forces who face tough challenges like frequent moves, long separations, and job struggles. The government is committed to helping military spouses with better job opportunities, flexible work, and special federal employee protections. This celebration reminds us all how vital military spouses are to our national defense and family strength.

## Effects PRIA read

- High unemployment and wage gap: cost, high. Military spouses face a 21 percent unemployment rate and earn about 25 percent less than comparable civilians. These statistics describe the group’s current job and pay challenges when moving or during long separations.
- Federal hiring improvements for spouses: benefit, medium. The proclamation states the Federal Government has enhanced job opportunities for military spouses by improving hiring within the Federal Government. This is presented as a measure to help spouses find steady federal employment despite frequent relocations.
- Expanded licensure portability: benefit, medium. The document says licensure portability has been expanded to help military spouses keep professional licenses when they move. This change is meant to reduce barriers to employment in licensed professions after relocation.
- More remote and flexible jobs: benefit, medium. The proclamation notes increased remote and flexible job options were expanded to give military spouses continuity and financial stability. Remote and flexible work is framed as a way to lessen the employment disruption from frequent relocations.
- Federal return-to-office exemption for spouses: benefit, medium. The proclamation says that earlier in 2025 the President issued a categorical exemption for military spouse employees from the Federal civilian return-to-office directive. That exemption is described as a federal protection for military spouse federal employees.

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## Sources
- [2025-08679 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/14/2025-08679/military-spouse-day-2025)
- [2025-08679 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-14/pdf/2025-08679.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-08679 (as of 2026-06-08).