Sec. 622. Expansion of authority to reimburse a member of the uniformed services for spousal business costs arising from a permanent change of station
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Section 453 of title 37, United States Code, is amended, in subsection (g)— in the heading, by inserting after or business costs ; relicensing costs in paragraph (1), by inserting or qualified business costs after qualified relicensing costs ; in paragraph (2)— by inserting before
(A)Reimbursement ; by inserting for qualified relicensing costs after subsection ; by striking $1000 and inserting $1,000 ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: Reimbursement provided to a member under this subsection for qualified business costs may not exceed $1,000 in connection with each reassignment described in paragraph (1). ; in paragraph (3), by inserting or qualified business costs after qualified relicensing costs ; in paragraph (4)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting business license, permit, after courses, ; in subparagraph (A)— by inserting , or owned a business, before during ; by inserting professional before license ; and by inserting , or business license or permit, after certification ; and in subparagraph (B)— by inserting professional before license ; and by inserting , or business license or permit, after certification ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: In this subsection, the term qualified business costs means costs, including moving services for equipment, equipment removal, new equipment purchases, information technology expenses, and inspection fees, incurred by the spouse of a member if— the spouse owned a business during the member’s previous duty assignment and the costs result from a movement described in paragraph (1)(B) in connection with the member’s change in duty location pursuant to reassignment described in paragraph (1)(A); and the costs were incurred or paid to move such business to a new location in connection with such reassignment. . Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing regarding implementation of the amendments made by subsection (a), including— the number of times such Secretary used the authority under such amendments; and the costs to the Federal Government arising from such usage.