S.Amdt. 1370

SA 1370. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of VI, add the following:

Subtitle D--Other Matters SEC. 641. CONSOLIDATION OF COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE STORES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTO A SINGLE RETAIL STORE SYSTEM.

(a) In General.--By not later than five years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall consolidate the stores of the commissary system of the Department of Defense and the exchange systems of the Department of Defense into a single retail store system that relies solely upon sales revenues to cover the costs of operation.

(b) Grocery Allowance.--Upon completion of the consolidation required by subsection (a), the Secretary of the military department concerned may pay members of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary an allowance to assist members in defraying additional costs incurred by members and their dependents for groceries sold at the single retail store system as result of increased charges for groceries imposed by the retail store system in order to rely solely upon sales revenues to cover the costs of operation. Amounts for allowances under this subsection shall be available from amounts authorized to be appropriated for the pay and allowance of military personnel.