[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6488 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6488

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary 
   and exchange store privileges, without time-period limitation, to 
  members of the Armed Forces who are involuntarily separated with a 
  service-connected disability and also to extend such privileges to 
                           their dependents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2012

Mr. Denham (for himself, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Walz of 
    Minnesota, Mr. West, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Rigell, Mr. Cravaack, Mr. 
  Kinzinger of Illinois, and Mr. Farenthold) 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, without time-period limitation, to 
  members of the Armed Forces who are involuntarily separated with a 
  service-connected disability and also to extend such privileges to 
                           their dependents.

    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 INVOLUNTARILY 
              SEPARATED MEMBERS WITH A SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY AND 
              FOR THEIR DEPENDENTS.

    (a) Extension of Privileges.--Section 1146 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(d) Members Involuntarily Separated With Service-Connected 
Disability; Dependents.--(1) A member of the armed forces who is 
involuntarily separated from active duty or the Selected Reserve and 
who has 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 or retainer pay.
    ``(2) A dependent of a member described in paragraph (1) 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.''.
    (b) Implementation.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
subsection (d) of section 1146 of title 10, United States Code, as 
added by subsection (a), is fully operational before the end of the 90-
day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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