[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1918 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1918

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend commissary and 
    exchange store privileges to veterans with a service-connected 
 disability rated at 30 percent or more and to the dependents of such 
                               veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2003

  Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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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 rated at 30 percent or more and to the 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. 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 rated at 30 percent or more 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 who is permitted under 
subsection (a) to use commissary and exchange stores 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 those terms in section 101 
of title 38.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--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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