[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1131 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1131

 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

                             March 13, 2013

Mr. Denham (for himself, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Farenthold, and Mr. Kinzinger 
 of Illinois) 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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