[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2224 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2224

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend commissary and 
    exchange store privileges to veterans with a service-connected 
         disability and to certain dependents of such veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 1997

 Mr. Ackerman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend commissary and 
    exchange store privileges to veterans with a service-connected 
         disability and to certain dependents of such veterans.

    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 Veteran's Access Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE STORE PRIVILEGES FOR DISABLED VETERANS.

    (a) Extension of Privileges.--Chapter 54 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1066. Use of commissary and exchange stores: disabled veterans 
              and dependents
    ``(a) Disabled Veterans.--A veteran with a 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 pay.
    ``(b) Dependents.--A dependent of a veteran with a service-
connected disability shall be permitted to use such stores on the same 
basis as a dependent of a member of the armed forces entitled to 
retired pay.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `veteran' and 
`service-connected' have the meanings given such 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:

``1066. Use of commissary and exchange stores: disabled veterans and 
                            dependents.''.
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