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10 U.S.C. § 1065 — Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: certain veterans, caregivers for veterans, and Foreign Service officers
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**(a) Eligibility of Veterans Awarded the Purple Heart.—** A veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
**(b) Eligibility of Veterans Who Are Medal of Honor Recipients.—** A veteran who is a Medal of Honor recipient shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
**(c) Eligibility of Veterans Who Are Former Prisoners of War.—** A veteran who is a former prisoner of war shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
**(d) Eligibility of Veterans With Service-Connected Disabilities.—** A veteran with a service-connected disability shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
**(e) Eligibility of Caregivers for Veterans.—** A caregiver or family caregiver shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
**(f) Eligibility of Foreign Service Officers on Mandatory Home Leave.—** A Foreign Service officer on mandatory home leave may be permitted to use military lodging referred to in subsection (h).
**(g) User Fee Authority.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations that impose a user fee on individuals who are eligible solely under this section to purchase merchandise at a commissary store or MWR retail facility.
(2) The Secretary shall set the user fee under this subsection at a rate that the Secretar
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**(a) Eligibility of Veterans Awarded the Purple Heart.—** A veteran who was awarded the Purple Heart shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
**(b) Eligibility of Veterans Who Are Medal of Honor Recipients.—** A veteran who is a Medal of Honor recipient shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
**(c) Eligibility of Veterans Who Are Former Prisoners of War.—** A veteran who is a former prisoner of war shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
**(d) Eligibility of Veterans With Service-Connected Disabilities.—** A veteran with a service-connected disability shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
**(e) Eligibility of Caregivers for Veterans.—** A caregiver or family caregiver shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR facilities on the same basis as a member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.
**(f) Eligibility of Foreign Service Officers on Mandatory Home Leave.—** A Foreign Service officer on mandatory home leave may be permitted to use military lodging referred to in subsection (h).
**(g) User Fee Authority.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations that impose a user fee on individuals who are eligible solely under this section to purchase merchandise at a commissary store or MWR retail facility.
(2) The Secretary shall set the user fee under this subsection at a rate that the Secretary determines will offset any increase in expenses arising from this section borne by the Department of the Treasury on behalf of commissary stores associated with the use of credit or debit cards for customer purchases, including expenses related to card network use and related transaction processing fees.
(3) The Secretary shall deposit funds collected pursuant to a user fee under this subsection in the General Fund of the Treasury.
(4) Any fee under this subsection is in addition to the uniform surcharge under [section 2484(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2484/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(h) Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) The term “MWR facilities” includes—
(A) MWR retail facilities, as that term is defined in section 1063(e) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title; and
(B) military lodging operated by the Department of Defense for the morale, welfare, and recreation of members of the armed forces.
(2) The term “Medal of Honor recipient” has the meaning given that term in [section 1074h(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1074h/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) The terms “veteran”, “former prisoner of war”, and “service-connected” have the meanings given those terms in [section 101 of title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section101&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) The terms “caregiver” and “family caregiver” have the meanings given those terms in section in [section 1720G(d) of title 38](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1720G/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) The term “Foreign Service officer” has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ([22 U.S.C. 3903](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3903&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(6) The term “mandatory home leave” means leave under section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ([22 U.S.C. 4083](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4083&num=0&edition=prelim)).
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**(a) Criteria; length of continuous service** The Secretary may order a member of the Service (other than a member employed under [section 3951 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3951&num=0&edition=prelim)) who is a citizen of the United States to take a leave of absence under [section 6305 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section6305&num=0&edition=prelim) (without regard to the introductory clause of subsection (a) of that section), upon completion by that member of 12 months of continuous service abroad. The Secretary shall order on such a leave of absence a member of the Service (other than a member employed under [section 3951 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3951&num=0&edition=prelim)) who is a citizen of the United States as soon as possible after completion by that member of 3 years of continuous service abroad.
**(b) Place leave may be taken** Leave ordered under this section may be taken in the United States or its territories, including American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. In cases in which a member of the Service has official orders to an unaccompanied post and in which the family members of the member reside apart from the member at authorized locations outside the United States, the member may take the leave ordered under this section where that member’s family members reside, notwithstanding [section 10305 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section10305&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Availability for work or duties in Department** While on a leave o
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For the purposes of this title—
(1) The terms “Secretary” and “Department” mean the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs, respectively.
(2) The term “veteran” means a person who served in the active military, naval, air, or space service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
(3) The term “surviving spouse” means (except for purposes of chapter 19 of this title) a person who was the spouse of a veteran at the time of the veteran’s death, and who lived with the veteran continuously from the date of marriage to the date of the veteran’s death (except where there was a separation which was due to the misconduct of, or procured by, the veteran without the fault of the spouse) and who has not remarried.
(4)
(A) The term “child” means (except for purposes of chapter 19 of this title (other than with respect to a child who is an insurable dependent under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 1965(10) of such chapter) and [section 8502(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8502/b&num=0&edition=prelim)) a person who is unmarried and—
(i) who is under the age of eighteen years;
(ii) who, before attaining the age of eighteen years, became permanently incapable of self-support; or
(iii) who, after attaining the age of eighteen years and until completion of education or training (but not after attaining the age of twenty-three years), is pursuing a course of instruction at an approved educational institution;
and who is a legitimate child, a legally adopted child, a stepchild who is a member of a veteran’s household or was a member at the time of the veteran’s death, or an illegitimate child but, as to the alleged father, onl
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**(a) Members of the Selected Reserve.—** A member of the Selected Reserve in good standing (as determined by the Secretary concerned) shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities on the same basis as members on active duty.
**(b) Members of Ready Reserve Not in Selected Reserve.—** Subject to such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, a member of the Ready Reserve (other than members of the Selected Reserve) may be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities on the same basis as members serving on active duty.
**(c) Reserve and Space Force Retirees Under Age 60.—** A member or former member of a reserve component or the Space Force under 60 years of age who, but for age, would be eligible for retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities on the same basis as members of the armed forces entitled to retired pay under any other provision of law.
**(d) Members of the Space Force.—** A member of the Space Force in a space force active status who is not on sustained duty shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities under the same conditions as specified in subsection (a) for a member of the Selected Reserve.
**(e) Dependents.—**
(1) Dependents of a member who is permitted under subsection (a), (b), or (d) to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities shall be permitted to use stores and such facilities on the same basis as dependents of members on active duty.
(2) Dependents of a member who is permitted under subsection (c) to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities shall be permitted to use stores and such facilities on the same basis as dependents of members of the armed forces entitled to retired pay un
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The following are the members of the Service:
(1) Chiefs of mission, appointed under [section 3942(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3942/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim) or assigned under [section 3982(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3982/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) Ambassadors at large, appointed under [section 3942(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3942/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) Members of the Senior Foreign Service, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) or 3943 of this title, who are the corps of leaders and experts for the management of the Service and the performance of its functions.
(4) Foreign Service officers, appointed under [section 3942(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3942/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim), who have general responsibility for carrying out the functions of the Service.
(5) Foreign Service personnel, United States citizens appointed under [section 3943 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3943&num=0&edition=prelim), who provide skills and services required for effective performance by the Service.
(6) Foreign national employees, foreign nationals appointed under [section 3943 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3943&num=0&edition=prelim), who provide clerical, administrative, technical, fiscal, and other support at Foreign Service posts abroad.
(7) Consular agents, appointed under [section 3943 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3943&num
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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Page 958
TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 1065
1 See References in text note below.
1 See References in Text note below.
under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5170).
(2)
MWR
RETAIL
FACILITIES.—The
term
‘‘MWR retail facilities’’ has the meaning given
that term in section 1063(e) 1 of this title.
(3) NATIONAL
EMERGENCY.—The term ‘‘na-
tional emergency’’ means a national emer-
gency declared by the President or Congress.
(Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title III, § 362(c),
Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 1985, § 1063a; amended Pub.
L. 107–314, div. A, title III, § 322(a), (b)(1), Dec. 2,
2002, 116 Stat. 2510; renumbered § 1064 and amend-
ed Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title VI, § 651(b)(2), (3),
Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1521.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 1063(e) of this title, referred to in subsec.
(c)(2), was redesignated section 1063(f) of this title by
Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, 1722(h)(2), Dec. 22, 2023,
137 Stat. 672.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 1064, added Pub. L. 101–510, div. A,
title III, § 321(b), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1528; amended
Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1501(c)(8), Feb. 10,
1996, 110 Stat. 499; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title III,
§ 362(b), (d)(2), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 1984, 1985, related
to use of commissary stores by persons qualified for re-
tired pay but under age 60, prior to repeal by Pub. L.
108–136, div. A, title VI, § 651(b)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117
Stat. 1521.
AMENDMENTS
2003—Pub. L. 108–136, § 651(b)(3), renumbered section
1063a of this title as this section.
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 108–136, § 651(b)(2), substituted
‘‘section 1063(e)’’ for ‘‘section 1065(e)’’.
2002—Pub. L. 107–314, § 322(b)(1), inserted ‘‘or national
emergenc
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 3903
of the Armed Forces of the United States, the
commissioned corps of the Public Health Serv-
ice, or the commissioned corps of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
(6) ‘‘function’’ includes any duty, obligation,
power, authority, responsibility, right, privi-
lege, discretion, or activity;
(7) ‘‘Government’’ means the Government of
the United States;
(8) ‘‘merit principles’’ means the principles
set out in section 2301(b) of title 5;
(9) ‘‘principal officer’’ means the officer in
charge of a diplomatic mission, consular mis-
sion (other than a consular agency), or other
Foreign Service post;
(10) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of
State, except that (subject to section 3921 of
this title) with reference to the exercise of
functions under this Act with respect to any
agency authorized by law to utilize the For-
eign Service personnel system, such term
means the head of that agency;
(11) ‘‘Service’’ or ‘‘Foreign Service’’ means
the Foreign Service of the United States; and
(12) ‘‘United States’’, when used in a geo-
graphic sense, means the several States and
the District of Columbia.
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 102, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat.
2075; Pub. L. 98–164, title I, § 130(a), Nov. 22, 1983,
97 Stat. 1027.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 552(e) of title 5, referred to in par. (2), was re-
designated section 552(f) of title 5 by section 1802(b) of
Pub. L. 99–570.
AMENDMENTS
1983—Pub. L. 98–164 struck out ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘As used
in this chapter’’, and struck out subsec. (b) which pro-
vided that references to Foreign Service officers in any
provision be deemed to refer to, with respect to the
United States Information Agency, Foreign Service In-
form
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 4081b
AMENDMENTS
2024—Par. (1). Pub. L. 118–159, in introductory provi-
sions, substituted ‘‘the Department and the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID),
and other United States Government employees under
chief of mission authority are’’ for ‘‘the Department
is’’ and ‘‘Department and USAID personnel, and other
United States Government employees under chief of
mission authority’’ for ‘‘Department personnel’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
DEFINITION
For definition of ‘‘Department’’ as used in this sec-
tion, see section 6002 of Pub. L. 118–31, set out as a note
under section 2651 of this title.
§ 4081b. Presence of chiefs of mission at diplo-
matic posts
(a) Requirement for arrival at diplomatic post
within 60 days
(1) In general
The Secretary shall require that to be eligi-
ble for payment of travel expenses for initial
arrival at the assigned post, a chief of mission
must arrive at the post not later than 60 days
after the date on which the chief of mission
was confirmed by the Senate.
(2) Exceptions
The restriction under paragraph (1) shall not
apply to a chief of mission who arrives later
than 60 days after confirmation by the Senate
if the delay was caused by one or more of the
following:
(A) A flight delay that was outside of the
control of the chief of mission or the Depart-
ment.
(B) A natural disaster, global health emer-
gency, or other naturally occurring event
that prevented the chief of mission from en-
tering the country of the assigned post.
(C) Delay or refusal by the government of
the host country to accept diplomatic ac-
creditation.
(D) Family or medical emergency.
(E) Extenuating circumstances beyond the
control of the chief of mi
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