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10 U.S.C. § 7561 — Rations

submitted 70 years ago by ch. 1041 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 135 words · no verdicts yet

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The President decides what food makes up the Army ration. Enlisted soldiers on active duty get one ration a day. Hospitals must get fresh food for sick patients, following Surgeon General rules.

(a) The President may decide what items, and how much of each, make up the Army ration. The President may also order that equivalent items be issued instead of the prescribed items, whenever, in the President's opinion, economy or the health and comfort of Army members require it. (b) Under the Secretary of the Army's direction, whatever branch, office, or officer the Secretary names must issue the components of the Army ration. (c) An enlisted member of the Army on active duty gets one ration per day. An emergency ration, when issued, comes in addition to the regular one. (d) Fresh or preserved fruit, milk, butter, and eggs needed for the proper diet of sick patients in hospitals must be provided, under rules the Surgeon General sets and the Secretary approves.
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(a)

The President may prescribe the components, and the quantities thereof, of the Army ration. He may direct the issue of equivalent articles in place of the prescribed components whenever, in his opinion, economy and the health and comfort of the members of the Army so require.

(b)

Under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, the branch, office, or officer designated by him shall issue the components of the Army ration.

(c)

An enlisted member of the Army on active duty is entitled to one ration daily. The emergency ration, when issued, is in addition to the regular ration.

(d)

Fresh or preserved fruits, milk, butter, and eggs necessary for the proper diet of the sick in hospitals shall be provided under regulations prescribed by the Surgeon General and approved by the Secretary.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 255, § 4561; renumbered § 7561, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1839

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.

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