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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## SEC. 622 EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO REIMBURSE A MEMBER OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES FOR SPOUSAL BUSINESS COSTS ARISING FROM A PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION ###
(a)In General Section 453 of title 37, United States Code, is amended, in subsection (g)— ####
(1)in the heading, by inserting “or Business Costs” after “Relicensing Costs”; ####
(2)in paragraph (1), by inserting “or qualified business costs” after “qualified relicensing costs”; ####
(3)in paragraph (2)— #####
(A)by inserting “(A)” before “Reimbursement”; #####
(B)by inserting “for qualified relicensing costs” after “subsection”; #####
(C)by striking “$1000” and inserting “$1,000”; and #####
(D)by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: > > ##### “(B) > > 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).” > ; ####
(4)in paragraph (3), by inserting “or qualified business costs” after “qualified relicensing costs”; ####
(5)in paragraph (4)— #####
(A)in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “business license, permit,” after “courses,”; #####
(B)in subparagraph (A)— ######
(i)by inserting “, or owned a business,” before “during”; ######
(ii)by inserting “professional” before “license”; and ######
(iii)by inserting “, or business license or permit,” after “certification”; and #####
(C)in subparagraph (B)— ######
(i)by inserting “professional” before “license”; and ######
(ii)by inserting “, or business license or permit,” after “certification”; and ####
(6)by adding at the end the following new paragraph: > > #### “(5) > > 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— > > > ##### “(A) > > 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 > > > ##### “(B) > > the costs were incurred or paid to move such business to a new location in connection with such reassignment.” > . ###
(b)Briefing 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— ####
(1)the number of times such Secretary used the authority under such amendments; and ####
(2)the costs to the Federal Government arising from such usage.