10 U.S.C. § 1063 — Use of commissary stores and MWR retail facilities: members of reserve components and reserve retirees under age 60

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This section gives specified reserve-component and Space Force members, and their dependents, access to commissary stores and MWR retail facilities. It also defines “MWR retail facilities” for this section.

(a) A member of the Selected Reserve in good standing, as determined by the responsible Secretary, must be allowed to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities on the same basis as an active-duty member. (b) Subject to Defense Department regulations, a Ready Reserve member who is not in the Selected Reserve may be allowed that access on the same basis as an active-duty member. (c) A reserve-component or Space Force member or former member under age 60 who, except for age, would qualify for retired pay under chapter 1223 must be allowed that access on the same basis as a member entitled to retired pay under another law. (d) A Space Force member in space-force active status who is not on sustained duty must be allowed access under the same conditions as a Selected Reserve member under (a). (e) Dependents of a member covered by (a), (b), or (d) must receive access on the same basis as active-duty dependents. Dependents of a member covered by (c) must receive access on the same basis as dependents of members entitled to retired pay under another law. (f) “MWR retail facilities” means exchange stores and other revenue-producing facilities operated by Department of Defense nonappropriated-fund activities for the morale, welfare, and recreation of armed-forces members.

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(a)Members of the Selected Reserve.—

A member of the Selected Reserve in good standing (as determined by the Secretary concerned) shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities on the same basis as members on active duty.

(b)Members of Ready Reserve Not in Selected Reserve.—

Subject to such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, a member of the Ready Reserve (other than members of the Selected Reserve) may be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities on the same basis as members serving on active duty.

(c)Reserve and Space Force Retirees Under Age 60.—

A member or former member of a reserve component or the Space Force under 60 years of age who, but for age, would be eligible for retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities on the same basis as members of the armed forces entitled to retired pay under any other provision of law.

(d)Members of the Space Force.—

A member of the Space Force in a space force active status who is not on sustained duty shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities under the same conditions as specified in subsection (a) for a member of the Selected Reserve.

(e)Dependents.—

(1)

Dependents of a member who is permitted under subsection (a), (b), or (d) to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities shall be permitted to use stores and such facilities on the same basis as dependents of members on active duty.

(2)

Dependents of a member who is permitted under subsection (c) to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities shall be permitted to use stores and such facilities on the same basis as dependents of members of the armed forces entitled to retired pay under any other provision of law.

(f)MWR Retail Facility Defined.—

In this section, the term “MWR retail facilities” means exchange stores and other revenue-generating facilities operated by nonappropriated fund activities of the Department of Defense for the morale, welfare, and recreation of members of the armed forces.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title III, § 321(c), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1528, § 1065; amended Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title III, § 342(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 265; renumbered § 1063 and amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title VI, § 651(a), (b)(4), (5), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1521, 1522; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1722(h), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 672.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1990Enacted · Pub. L. 101-510 · 104 Stat. 1528
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-106 · 110 Stat. 265
2003Amended · Pub. L. 108-136 · 117 Stat. 1521, 1522
2023Amended · Pub. L. 118-31 · 137 Stat. 672

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 101-510 on 1990-11-05.

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