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”; (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.