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10 U.S.C. § 2483 — Commissary stores: use of appropriated funds to cover operating expenses
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**(a) Operation of Agency and System.—** Except as otherwise provided in this title, the operation of the Defense Commissary Agency and the defense commissary system shall be funded using such amounts as are appropriated for such purpose.
**(b) Operating Expenses of Commissary Stores.—** Appropriated funds shall be used to cover the expenses of operating commissary stores and central product processing facilities of the defense commissary system. For purposes of this subsection, operating expenses include the following:
(1) Salaries and wages of employees of the United States, host nations, and contractors supporting commissary store operations.
(2) Utilities.
(3) Communications.
(4) Operating supplies and services.
(5) Second destination transportation costs within or outside the United States.
(6) Any cost associated with above-store-level management or other indirect support of a commissary store or a central product processing facility, including equipment maintenance and information technology costs.
(7) Advertising of commissary sales on materials available within commissary stores and at other on-base locations.
**(c) Supplemental Funds for Commissary Operations.—** Amounts appropriated to cover the expenses of operating the Defense Commissary Agency and the defense commissary system may be supplemented with additional funds from manufacturers’ coupon redemption fees, handling fees for tobacco products, and other amounts received as reimbursement for other support activities provided by commissary activities. Such appropriated amounts may also be supplemented with additional funds derived from improved management practices implemented pursuant to sections 2481(c)(3) and 2487(c) of this title and the variable pricing program implemented pursuant to [secti
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**(a) Operation of Agency and System.—** Except as otherwise provided in this title, the operation of the Defense Commissary Agency and the defense commissary system shall be funded using such amounts as are appropriated for such purpose.
**(b) Operating Expenses of Commissary Stores.—** Appropriated funds shall be used to cover the expenses of operating commissary stores and central product processing facilities of the defense commissary system. For purposes of this subsection, operating expenses include the following:
(1) Salaries and wages of employees of the United States, host nations, and contractors supporting commissary store operations.
(2) Utilities.
(3) Communications.
(4) Operating supplies and services.
(5) Second destination transportation costs within or outside the United States.
(6) Any cost associated with above-store-level management or other indirect support of a commissary store or a central product processing facility, including equipment maintenance and information technology costs.
(7) Advertising of commissary sales on materials available within commissary stores and at other on-base locations.
**(c) Supplemental Funds for Commissary Operations.—** Amounts appropriated to cover the expenses of operating the Defense Commissary Agency and the defense commissary system may be supplemented with additional funds from manufacturers’ coupon redemption fees, handling fees for tobacco products, and other amounts received as reimbursement for other support activities provided by commissary activities. Such appropriated amounts may also be supplemented with additional funds derived from improved management practices implemented pursuant to sections 2481(c)(3) and 2487(c) of this title and the variable pricing program implemented pursuant to [section 2484(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2484/i&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** The Secretary of a military department may sell, contract to sell, or authorize the sale by a contractor to a public or private utility company of electrical energy generated from alternate energy or cogeneration type production facilities which are under the jurisdiction (or produced on land which is under the jurisdiction) of the Secretary concerned. The sale of such energy shall be made under such regulations, for such periods, and at such prices as the Secretary concerned prescribes consistent with the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ([16 U.S.C. 2601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
**(b)**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), proceeds from sales under subsection (a) shall be credited to the appropriation account currently available to the military department concerned for the supply of electrical energy.
(2) Subject to the availability of appropriations for this purpose, proceeds credited under paragraph (1) may be used to carry out military construction projects under the energy performance plan developed by the Secretary of Defense under section 2911(c) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, including minor military construction projects authorized under [section 2805 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2805&num=0&edition=prelim) that are designed to increase energy conservation.
(3) In the case of proceeds from a sale of electrical energy generated from any geothermal energy resource—
(A) 50 percent shall be credited to the appropriation account described in paragraph (1); and
(B) 50 percent shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury established by the Secretary con
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Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may be used for the issue of authorized articles to applicants for enlistment.
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**(a) In General.—** As provided in [section 2481(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2481/a&num=0&edition=prelim), commissary stores are intended to be similar to commercial grocery stores and may sell merchandise similar to that sold in commercial grocery stores.
**(b) Authorized Commissary Merchandise Categories.—** Merchandise sold in, at, or by commissary stores may include items in the following categories:
(1) Meat, poultry, seafood, and fresh-water fish.
(2) Nonalcoholic beverages.
(3) Produce.
(4) Grocery food, whether stored chilled, frozen, or at room temperature.
(5) Dairy products.
(6) Bakery and delicatessen items.
(7) Nonfood grocery items.
(8) Tobacco products.
(9) Health and beauty aids.
(10) Magazines and periodicals.
**(c) Inclusion of Other Merchandise Items.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may authorize the sale in, at, or by commissary stores of merchandise not covered by a category specified in subsection (b). The Secretary shall notify Congress of all merchandise authorized for sale pursuant to this paragraph, as well as the removal of any such authorization.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Department of Defense military resale system shall continue to maintain the exclusive right to operate convenience stores, shopettes, and troop stores, including such stores established to support contingency operations.
(3)
(A) A military exchange shall be the vendor for the sale of tobacco products in commissary stores and may be the vendor for such merchandise as may be authorized for sale in commissary stores under paragraph (1). Except as provided in subparagraph (B), subsections (d) and (e) shall not apply to the pricing of such an item when a military exchange serves as t
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**(a) Private Operation.—** Under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may approve, private persons may operate selected commissary store functions, except that such functions may not include functions relating to the procurement of products to be sold in a commissary store or functions relating to the overall management of a commissary system or the management of a commissary store. Such functions shall be carried out by personnel of the Department of Defense under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense.
**(b) Contracts With Other Agencies and Instrumentalities.—**
(1) The Defense Commissary Agency, and any other agency of the Department of Defense that supports the operation of the commissary system, may enter into a contract or other agreement with another element of the Department of Defense or with another Federal department, agency, or instrumentality to provide or obtain services beneficial to the efficient management and operation of the commissary system. However, the Defense Commissary Agency may not pay for any such service provided by the United States Transportation Command any amount that exceeds the price at which the service could be procured through full and open competition, as such term is defined in [section 107 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section107&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) A commissary store operated by a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense shall be operated in accordance with [section 2483 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2483&num=0&edition=prelim). Subject to such section, the Secretary of Defense may authorize a transfer of goods, supplies, and facilities of, and funds appropriated f
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**(a) Separate Operation of Systems.—**
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the defense commissary system and the exchange stores system shall be operated as separate systems of the Department of Defense.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the following:
(A) Combined exchange and commissary stores operated under the authority provided by [section 2489 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2489&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) NEXMART stores of the Navy Exchange Service Command established before October 1, 2003.
**(b) Consolidation or Other Organizational Changes of Defense Retail Systems.—**
(1) The operation and administration of the defense retail systems may not be consolidated or otherwise merged unless the consolidation or merger is specifically authorized by an Act of Congress.
(2) In this subsection, the term “defense retail systems” means the defense commissary system and exchange stores system and other revenue-generating facilities operated by nonappropriated fund instrumentalities of the Department of Defense for the morale, welfare, and recreation of members of the armed forces.
**(c) Common Business Practices.—**
(1) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary of Defense may establish common business processes, practices, and systems—
(A) to exploit synergies between the defense commissary system and the exchange system; and
(B) to optimize the operations of the defense retail systems as a whole and the benefits provided by the commissaries and exchanges.
(2) The Secretary may authorize the defense commissary system and the exchange system to enter into contracts or other agreements—
(A) for products and services that are shared by the defense commissary system and the e
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2483
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
PROHIBITION
ON CONSOLIDATION
OR OTHER ORGANIZA-
TIONAL CHANGES
OF DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE RE-
TAIL SYSTEMS
Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title III, § 367, Oct. 17, 1998, 112
Stat. 1987, which provided that the operation and ad-
ministration of the defense retail systems could not be
consolidated or otherwise merged unless the consolida-
tion or merger was specifically authorized by a law en-
acted after Oct. 17, 1998, was repealed by Pub. L. 108–375,
div. A, title VI, § 651(e)(3), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1972.
§ 2483. Commissary stores: use of appropriated
funds to cover operating expenses
(a) OPERATION
OF AGENCY
AND SYSTEM.—Ex-
cept as otherwise provided in this title, the op-
eration of the Defense Commissary Agency and
the defense commissary system shall be funded
using such amounts as are appropriated for such
purpose.
(b)
OPERATING
EXPENSES
OF
COMMISSARY
STORES.—Appropriated funds shall be used to
cover the expenses of operating commissary
stores and central product processing facilities
of the defense commissary system. For purposes
of this subsection, operating expenses include
the following:
(1) Salaries and wages of employees of the
United States, host nations, and contractors
supporting commissary store operations.
(2) Utilities.
(3) Communications.
(4) Operating supplies and services.
(5) Second destination transportation costs
within or outside the United States.
(6) Any cost associated with above-store-
level management or other indirect support of
a commissary store or a central product proc-
essing facility, including equipment mainte-
nance and information technology costs.
(7) Advertising of commissary sales on mate-
rials available within commissary
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