Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Military Spouse Entrepreneur Reimbursement Act”.
Military Spouse Entrepreneur Reimbursement Act
A BILL
To amend title 37, United States Code, to expand business costs, incurred by the spouse of a member of the uniformed services because of a permanent change of station or assignment for such member, eligible for reimbursement by the Secretary concerned.
Sec. 2 Expansion of authority to reimburse a member of the uniformed services for spousal business costs arising from a permanent change of station
Section 453(g) of title 37, United States Code, is amended—
in the heading, by inserting “or business costs” after “relicensing costs”;
in paragraph (1), by inserting “or qualified business costs” after “qualified relicensing costs”;
in paragraph (2)—
by inserting “(A)” before “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:
“(B) Reimbursement provided to a member under this subsection for qualified business costs may not exceed $2,000 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:
“(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.”