[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4121 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4121

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 20, 2005

  Mr. Sodrel 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 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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