Extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and to their dependents.
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To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and to their dependents.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act.
SEC. 2. COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE STORE PRIVILEGES FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.
(a) Extension of Privileges- Chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
Sec. 1065. Use of commissary and exchange stores: disabled veterans and their dependents
(a) Disabled Veterans- A veteran with a compensable service-connected disability shall be permitted to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
(b) Dependents- A dependent of a veteran described in subsection (a) shall be permitted to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as a dependent of a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
(c) Definitions- In this section, the terms veteran and service-connected have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 38..
(b) Clerical Amendment- The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
1065. Use of commissary and exchange stores: disabled veterans and their dependents..
(c) Effective Date- Section 1065 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and to their dependents.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act.
SEC. 2. COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE STORE PRIVILEGES FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.
(a) Extension of Privileges- Chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
Sec. 1065. Use of commissary and exchange stores: disabled veterans and their dependents
(a) Disabled Veterans- A veteran with a compensable service-connected disability shall be permitted to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
(b) Dependents- A dependent of a veteran described in subsection (a) shall be permitted to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as a dependent of a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
(c) Definitions- In this section, the terms veteran and service-connected have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 38..
(b) Clerical Amendment- The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
1065. Use of commissary and exchange stores: disabled veterans and their dependents..
(c) Effective Date- Section 1065 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Eric F
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This is a benefit that is long over due. I am currently 60\% disabled and to have a benefit to use the BX or Commissary would be overwhelmingly appreciated.
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Luis Ap
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I believe all disable Vet should have the same rights to shop in the commissary and exchange as all DOD personel.
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John P
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To have a bill such as this lingering this amount of time is not serving any purpose. There is no cost to the Government for the introduction of this bill, if anything it would help the commissary program as a whole
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