Military Spouse Career Support Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1880
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2023-06-08
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1880 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 8, 2023 Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Schmitt ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 37, United States Code, to expand eligibility for reimbursement of qualified licensure, certification, and business relocation costs incurred by military spouses.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Spouse Career Support Act of 2023 . 2. Expansion of eligibility for reimbursement of qualified licensure, certification, and business relocation costs incurred by military spouses Section 453(g) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by striking or business costs and all that follows through assignment and inserting and business costs ; (2) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking or qualified business costs and inserting and qualified business costs ; (B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: (A) the member relocates to a new jurisdiction or geographic area as the result of— (i) an assignment to a duty station; (ii) a reassignment, either as a result of a permanent change of station or permanent change of assignment, between duty stations; or (iii) a transfer from a regular component of a uniformed service into the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of a uniformed service, if the member is authorized a final move from the last duty station to the new jurisdiction or geographic area; and ; and (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking reassignment and inserting relocation ; (3) in paragraph (2), by striking reassignment both places it appears and inserting relocation ; (4) in paragraph (4)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking movement described in and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting the member’s relocation described in paragraph (1); ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking reassignment and inserting relocation ; and (5) in paragraph (5)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking a movement described in and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting the member’s relocation described in paragraph (1); ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking reassignment and inserting relocation .