,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjgb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #c1 #bjai,mr4  
,austin ,scott of ,georgia introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,veterans' ,affairs1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,servicemembers
 ,civil ,relief ,act to provide a       
guarantee of residency for registration 
of businesses of spouses of members of  
the uniformed services1 to improve      
occupational license portability for    
military spouses through interstate     
compacts1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,guarantee of residency for registration
 of businesses of spouses of members of 
uniformed services  7a7 ,in general     
,title ,,vi of the ,servicemembers      
,civil ,relief ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #djba

 et seq47 is amended by adding at the   
end the following new section3  #gjg4   
,guarantee of residency for businesses  
of spouses of servicemembers ,for the   
purposes of registering a business--    
7#a7 a person who is absent from a      
,state because the person is            
accompanying the person's spouse who is 
absent from that same ,state in         
compliance with military or naval orders
 shall not1 solely by reason of that    
absence--  7,a7 be deemed to have lost a
 residence or domicile in that ,state1  
without regard to whether or not the    
person intends to return to that ,state2
  7,b7 be deemed to have acquired a     
residence or domicile in any other      
,state2 or  7,c7 be deemed to have      
become a resident in or a resident of   
any other ,state2 and  7#b7 the spouse  
of a servicemember may elect to use the 
same residence as the servicemember     
regardless of the date on which the     
marriage of the spouse and the          
servicemember occurred4  4  7b7         

,clerical amendment ,the table of       
contents in section #a7;b7 of such ,act 
is amended by inserting after the item  
relating to section #gjf the following  
new item3  ,sec4 #gjg4 ,guarantee of    
residency for businesses of spouses of  
servicemembers4  4  #b4 ,improvement of 
occupational license portability for    
military spouses through interstate     
compacts ,section #aghd of title #aj1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7h7 ,improvement of        
occupational license portability through
 interstate compacts  7#a7 ,in general  
,the ,secretary of ,defense may enter   
into a cooperative agreement with the   
,council of ,state ,governments to      
assist with funding of the development  
of interstate compacts on licensed      
occupations in order to alleviate the   
burden associated with relicensing in   
such an occupation by spouse of a       
members of the armed forces in          
connection with a permanent change of   

duty station of members to another      
,state4  7#b7 ,limitation ,the amount   
provided under paragraph 7#a7 as        
assistance for the development of any   
particular interstate compact may not   
exceed #a1jjj1jjj4  7#c7 ,annual report 
,not later than ,february #bh each year1
 the ,secretary shall submit to the     
,committees on ,armed ,services of the  
,senate and the ,house of               
,representatives a report on interstate 
compacts described in paragraph 7#a7    
developed through assistance provided   
under that paragraph4 ,each report shall
 set forth the following3  7,a7 ,any    
interstate compact developed during the 
preceding calendar year1 including the  
occupational licenses covered by such   
compact and the ,states agreeing to     
enter into such compact4  7,b7 ,any     
interstate compact developed during a   
prior calendar year into which one or   
more additional ,states agreed to enter 
during the preceding calendar year4     
7#d7 ,expiration ,the authority to enter

 into a cooperative agreement under     
paragraph 7#a71 and to provide          
assistance described in that paragraph  
pursuant to such cooperative agreement1 
shall expire on ,september #cj1 #bjbd4  
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