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110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2495
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 24, 2007
Mr. Burton of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Souder, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Lincoln Davis of Tennessee, and Mrs. McMorris Rodgers) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and to their dependents.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Disabled Veterans Commissary and
Exchange Store Benefits Act
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Commissary and exchange store privileges for disabled veterans and their dependents
Extension of privileges
Chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
Use of commissary and exchange stores: disabled veterans and their dependents
Disabled veterans
A veteran with a compensable 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.
Dependents
A dependent of a veteran described in subsection (a) 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.
Definitions
In this section, the terms veteran and service-connected have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 38.
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Clerical amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
1065. Use of commissary and exchange stores: disabled veterans and their dependents.
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Effective date
Section 1065 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.