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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1383
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide a guarantee of
residency for registration of businesses of spouses of members of the
uniformed services, to improve occupational license portability for military
spouses through interstate compacts, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 9, 2019
Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Ms. MCSALLY) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Armed Services
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 services, to
improve occupational license portability for military
spouses through interstate compacts, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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•S 1383 IS
SECTION 1. GUARANTEE OF RESIDENCY FOR REGISTRA-
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TION OF BUSINESSES OF SPOUSES OF MEM-
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BERS OF UNIFORMED SERVICES.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VI of the Servicemembers
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Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4021 et seq.) is amended by
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adding at the end the following new section:
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‘‘SEC. 707. GUARANTEE OF RESIDENCY FOR BUSINESSES OF
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SPOUSES OF SERVICEMEMBERS.
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‘‘For the purposes of registering a business—
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‘‘(1) a person who is absent from a State be-
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cause the person is accompanying the person’s
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spouse who is absent from that same State in com-
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pliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely
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by reason of that absence—
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‘‘(A) be deemed to have lost a residence or
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domicile in that State, without regard to wheth-
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er or not the person intends to return to that
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State;
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‘‘(B) be deemed to have acquired a resi-
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dence or domicile in any other State; or
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‘‘(C) be deemed to have become a resident
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in or a resident of any other State; and
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‘‘(2) the spouse of a servicemember may elect
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to use the same residence as the servicemember re-
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gardless of the date on which the marriage of the
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spouse and the servicemember occurred.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
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in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after
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the item relating to section 706 the following new item:
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‘‘Sec. 707. Guarantee of residency for businesses of spouses of servicemem-
bers.’’.
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE PORT-
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ABILITY FOR MILITARY SPOUSES THROUGH
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INTERSTATE COMPACTS.
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Section 1784 of title 10, United States Code, is
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amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
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section:
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‘‘(h) IMPROVEMENT
OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE
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PORTABILITY THROUGH INTERSTATE COMPACTS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense
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may enter into a cooperative agreement with the
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Council of State Governments to assist with funding
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of the development of interstate compacts on li-
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censed occupations in order to alleviate the burden
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associated with relicensing in such an occupation by
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spouse of a members of the armed forces in connec-
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tion with a permanent change of duty station of
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members to another State.
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‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount provided under
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paragraph (1) as assistance for the development of
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any particular interstate compact may not exceed
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$1,000,000.
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‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than Feb-
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ruary 28 each year, the Secretary shall submit to
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the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
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and the House of Representatives a report on inter-
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state compacts described in paragraph (1) developed
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through assistance provided under that paragraph.
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Each report shall set forth the following:
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‘‘(A) Any interstate compact developed
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during the preceding calendar year, including
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the occupational licenses covered by such com-
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pact and the States agreeing to enter into such
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compact.
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‘‘(B) Any interstate compact developed
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during a prior calendar year into which one or
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more additional States agreed to enter during
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the preceding calendar year.
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‘‘(4) EXPIRATION.—The authority to enter into
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a cooperative agreement under paragraph (1), and
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to provide assistance described in that paragraph
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pursuant to such cooperative agreement, shall expire
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on September 30, 2024.’’.
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