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- § 8802. Sales: members of Army, Air Force, and Space Force; prices
- § 8803. Sales: veterans under treatment
- § 8804. Ships’ stores: sale of goods and services
- § 8805. Acceptance of Government checks outside the United States
- § 8806. Subsistence and other supplies: members of armed forces; veterans; executive or military departments and employees; prices
§ 8801. Sales: members of the naval service and Coast Guard; widows and widowers; civilian employees and other persons
(a) Such stores as the Secretary of the Navy designates may be procured and sold to members of the naval service, members of the Coast Guard, and widows and widowers of such members.
(b) The Secretary may, by regulation, provide for the procurement and sale of stores designated by him to such civilian officers and employees of the United States, and such other persons, as he considers proper—
(1) at military installations outside the United States; and
(2) at military installations inside the United States where he determines that it is impracticable for those civilian officers, employees, and persons to obtain those stores from private agencies without impairing the efficient operation of naval activities.
However, sales to civilian officers and employees inside the United States may be made only to those residing within military installations.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 470, § 7601; Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, § 1301(c)(3)(A), (B), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 736; renumbered § 8801, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)
§ 8802. Sales: members of Army, Air Force, and Space Force; prices
The Navy and the Marine Corps shall sell subsistence supplies to any member of the Army, the Air Force, or the Space Force at prices charged members of the naval service.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 471, § 7602; renumbered § 8802, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(d)(2)(A), (B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3826.)
§ 8803. Sales: veterans under treatment
A person who has been separated honorably or under honorable conditions from the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, or the Space Force and who is receiving care and medical treatment from the Public Health Service or the Department of Veterans Affairs may buy subsistence supplies and other supplies, except articles of uniform, from the Navy and the Marine Corps at prices charged members of the naval service.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 471, § 7603; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, § 1621(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1602; renumbered § 8803, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(d)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3826.)
§ 8804. Ships’ stores: sale of goods and services
(a)In General.—Under such regulations and at such prices as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, the Secretary may provide for the sale of goods and services from ships’ stores to members of the naval service and to such other persons as provided by law.
(b)Incidental Services.—The Secretary of the Navy may provide financial services, space, utilities, and labor to ships’ stores on a nonreimbursable basis.
(c)Items Sold.—Merchandise sold by ship stores afloat may include items in the following categories:
(1) Health, beauty, and barber items.
(2) Prerecorded music and videos.
(3) Photographic batteries and related supplies.
(4) Appliances and accessories.
(5) Uniform items, emblematic and athletic clothing, and equipment.
(6) Luggage and leather goods.
(7) Stationery, magazines, books, and supplies.
(8) Sundry, games, and souvenirs.
(9) Beverages and related food and snacks.
(10) Laundry, tailor, and cleaning supplies.
(11) Tobacco products.
(Added Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title III, § 329(a)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1534, § 7604; amended Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title III, § 371(a), formerly § 371(c), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1635, renumbered § 371(a), Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title III, § 340(a)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 265; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VI, § 641, Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1466; renumbered § 8804, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)
§ 8805. Acceptance of Government checks outside the United States
Notwithstanding section 3302(a) of title 31, the Secretary of the Navy may authorize the officer in charge of any commissary store or ship’s store ashore located outside the United States to—
(1) accept any Government check tendered by a retired member of the Navy or the Marine Corps, a member of the Navy Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve, or a member of the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, if the member is the payee of the check and the check is tendered in payment of amounts due from the member to the store; and
(2) refund in cash any difference between the amount due and the amount of the tendered check.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 471, § 7605; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 513(42), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2935; Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(b)(10), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1064; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(V), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3233; renumbered § 8805, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)
§ 8806. Subsistence and other supplies: members of armed forces; veterans; executive or military departments and employees; prices
(a)
(1) The Secretary of the Navy shall procure and sell, for cash or credit—
(A) articles designated by the Secretary to members of the Navy and Marine Corps; and
(B) items of individual clothing and equipment to members of the Navy and Marine Corps, under such restrictions as the Secretary may prescribe.
(2) An account of sales on credit shall be kept and the amount due reported to the Secretary. Except for articles and items acquired through the use of working capital funds under section 2208 of this title, sales of articles shall be at cost, and sales of individual clothing and equipment shall be at average current prices, including overhead, as determined by the Secretary.
(b) The Secretary shall sell subsistence supplies to members of other armed forces at the prices at which like property is sold to members of the Navy and Marine Corps.
(c) The Secretary may sell serviceable supplies, other than subsistence supplies, to members of other armed forces for the buyers’ use in the service. The prices at which the supplies are sold shall be the same prices at which like property is sold to members of the Navy and Marine Corps.
(d) A person who has been discharged honorably or under honorable conditions from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force and who is receiving care and medical treatment from the Public Health Service or the Department of Veterans Affairs may buy subsistence supplies and other supplies, except articles of uniform, at the prices at which like property is sold to members of the Navy and Marine Corps.
(e) Under such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, exterior articles of uniform may be sold to a person who has been discharged honorably or under honorable conditions from the Navy or Marine Corps, at the prices at which like articles are sold to members of the Navy or Marine Corps. This subsection does not modify section 772 or 773 of this title.
(f) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, payment for subsistence supplies shall be made in cash or by commercial credit.
(g)
(1) The Secretary may provide for the procurement and sale of stores designated by the Secretary to such civilian officers and employees of the United States, and such other persons, as the Secretary considers proper—
(A) at military installations outside the United States; and
(B) subject to paragraph (2), at military installations inside the United States where the Secretary determines that it is impracticable for those civilian officers, employees, and persons to obtain such stores from commercial enterprises without impairing the efficient operation of military activities.
(2) Sales to civilian officers and employees inside the United States may be made under paragraph (1) only to civilian officers and employees residing within military installations.
(h) Appropriations for subsistence of the Navy or Marine Corps may be applied to the purchase of subsistence supplies for sale to members of the Navy and Marine Corps on active duty for the use of such members and their families.
(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title III, § 375(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 281, § 7606; amended Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, § 1073(a)(63), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1903; renumbered § 8806, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(d)(4), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3826.)