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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1880
To amend title 37, United States Code, to expand eligibility for reimburse-
ment of qualified licensure, certification, and business relocation costs
incurred by military spouses.
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.
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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Spouse Career
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Support Act of 2023’’.
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SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT
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OF QUALIFIED LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION,
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AND
BUSINESS
RELOCATION
COSTS
IN-
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CURRED BY MILITARY SPOUSES.
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Section 453(g) of title 37, United States Code, is
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amended—
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(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘OR
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BUSINESS COSTS’’ and all that follows through ‘‘AS-
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SIGNMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘AND BUSINESS COSTS’’;
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(2) in paragraph (1)—
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
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(A), by striking ‘‘or qualified business costs’’
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and inserting ‘‘and qualified business costs’’;
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(B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read
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as follows:
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‘‘(A) the member relocates to a new juris-
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diction or geographic area as the result of—
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‘‘(i) an assignment to a duty station;
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‘‘(ii) a reassignment, either as a result
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of a permanent change of station or per-
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manent change of assignment, between
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duty stations; or
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‘‘(iii) a transfer from a regular com-
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ponent of a uniformed service into the Se-
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lected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of a
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uniformed service, if the member is author-
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ized a final move from the last duty station
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to the new jurisdiction or geographic area;
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and’’; and
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(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘re-
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assignment’’ and inserting ‘‘relocation’’;
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(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘reassign-
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ment’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘reloca-
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tion’’;
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(4) in paragraph (4)—
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
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‘‘movement described in’’ and all that follows
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through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘the mem-
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ber’s relocation described in paragraph (1);’’;
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and
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘re-
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assignment’’ and inserting ‘‘relocation’’; and
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(5) in paragraph (5)—
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a
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movement described in’’ and all that follows
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through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘the mem-
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ber’s relocation described in paragraph (1);’’;
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and
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘re-
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assignment’’ and inserting ‘‘relocation’’.
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