1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lift the Relocation Burden from Military Spouses Act . 2. Reimbursement for State licensure and certification costs of a spouse of the Armed Forces arising from a permanent change of station of the member to another State (a) Reimbursement authorized Section 476 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (p) (1) The Secretary concerned may reimburse a member of the armed forces who is reassigned for a permanent change of station or permanent change of assignment from a duty station in one State to a duty station in another State to which the movement of the member’s dependents is authorized at the expense of the United States under this section for qualified relicensing costs of the spouse of the member. (2) Reimbursement to a member under this subsection may not exceed $500 for each change of station or change of assignment. (3) In this subsection, the term qualified relicensing costs means costs, including exam and registration fees, that— (A) are imposed by the State of the new duty station to secure a license or certification to engage in the same profession that the spouse engaged in while in the State of the original duty station