10 U.S.C. § 1065 — Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: certain veterans, caregivers for veterans, and Foreign Service officers

(a) A Purple Heart veteran may use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member entitled to retired or retainer pay. (b) The same applies to a Medal of Honor recipient. (c) The same applies to a former prisoner of war. (d) The same applies to a veteran with a service-connected disability. (e) The same applies to a caregiver or family caregiver. (f) A Foreign Service officer on mandatory home leave may be allowed to use the military lodging described in (h). (g) The Secretary of Defense must issue regulations imposing a user fee on people eligible only under this section to buy merchandise at a commissary or MWR retail facility. The fee must offset the Treasury’s increased expenses for commissary credit or debit-card purchases, including card-network and processing fees. The Secretary deposits collected fees in the Treasury’s General Fund. The fee is added to the uniform surcharge under section 2484(d). (h) “MWR facilities” includes MWR retail facilities as defined in section 1063(e) and Defense Department military lodging operated for armed-forces morale, welfare, and recreation. “Medal of Honor recipient” has the meaning in section 1074h(c). “Veteran,” “former prisoner of war,” and “service-connected” have the meanings in section 101 of title 38. “Caregiver” and “family caregiver” have the meanings in section 1720G(d) of title 38. “Foreign Service officer” has the meaning in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980. “Mandatory home leave” means leave under section 903 of that Act.