H.R. 7930 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7930 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 3, 2022Ms. Escobar (for herself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Jacobs of California, Ms. Norton, Mr. San Nicolas, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Titus, and Ms. Sherrill) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Spouse Entrepreneur Reimbursement Act. 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— (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 $2,000 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. .