EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO REIMBURSE A MEMBER OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES FOR SPOUSAL BUSINESS COSTS ARISING FROM A PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION.

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”;136 STAT. 2626 (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.