I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7930 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2022 
Ms. 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 uni-
formed services because of a permanent change of station 
or assignment for such member, eligible for reimburse-
ment by the Secretary concerned. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Spouse Entre-
preneur Reimbursement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO REIMBURSE A MEM-
BER 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 ‘‘Reimburse-
ment’’; 
(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)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘business license, permit,’’ 
after ‘‘courses,’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, or owned a busi-
ness,’’ 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 equip-
ment, equipment removal, new equipment purchases, in-
formation technology expenses, and inspection fees, in-
curred by the spouse of a member if— 
‘‘(A) the spouse owned a business during the 
member’s previous duty assignment and the costs re-
sult from a movement described in paragraph (1)(B) 
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in connection with the member’s change in duty lo-
cation pursuant to reassignment described in para-
graph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(B) the costs were incurred or paid to move 
such business to a new location in connection with 
such reassignment.’’. 
Æ 
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