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Page 1979
TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2495b
propriated by div. A of Pub. L. 109–148 were to be used
for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity
of the Department of Defense that procured malt bev-
erages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale
(including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink)
on a military installation located in the United States
unless such malt beverages and wine were procured
within that State, or in the case of the District of Co-
lumbia, within the District of Columbia, in which the
military installation was located, was from the Depart-
ment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006, and was re-
peated in provisions of subsequent appropriations acts
which are not set out in the Code. Similar provisions
were contained in the following prior appropriations
acts:
Pub. L. 108–287, title VIII, § 8087, Aug. 5, 2004, 118 Stat.
991.
Pub. L. 108–87, title VIII, § 8088, Sept. 30, 2003, 117 Stat.
1093.
Pub. L. 107–248, title VIII, § 8092, Oct. 23, 2002, 116 Stat.
1558.
Pub. L. 107–117, div. A, title VIII, § 8108, Jan. 10, 2002,
115 Stat. 2271.
Pub. L. 106–259, title VIII, § 8108, Aug. 9, 2000, 114 Stat.
698.
Pub. L. 106–79, title VIII, § 8132, Oct. 25, 1999, 113 Stat.
1266.
Pub. L. 104–61, title VIII, § 8055, Dec. 1, 1995, 109 Stat.
662.
Pub. L. 103–335, title VIII, § 8058A, Sept. 30, 1994, 108
Stat. 2632.
Pub. L. 103–139, title VIII, § 8099A, Nov. 11, 1993, 107
Stat. 1462.
Pub. L. 102–396, title IX, § 9114, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat.
1929.
Pub. L. 102–172, title VIII, § 8111A, Nov. 26, 1991, 105
Stat. 1200.
Pub. L. 101–511, title VIII, § 8068, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat.
1889.
Pub. L. 101–165, title IX, § 9093, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat.
1149.
Pub. L. 100–463, title VIII, § 8122, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat.
2270–40.
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Page 1979
TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 2495b
propriated by div. A of Pub. L. 109–148 were to be used
for the support of any nonappropriated funds activity
of the Department of Defense that procured malt bev-
erages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale
(including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink)
on a military installation located in the United States
unless such malt beverages and wine were procured
within that State, or in the case of the District of Co-
lumbia, within the District of Columbia, in which the
military installation was located, was from the Depart-
ment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006, and was re-
peated in provisions of subsequent appropriations acts
which are not set out in the Code. Similar provisions
were contained in the following prior appropriations
acts:
Pub. L. 108–287, title VIII, § 8087, Aug. 5, 2004, 118 Stat.
991.
Pub. L. 108–87, title VIII, § 8088, Sept. 30, 2003, 117 Stat.
1093.
Pub. L. 107–248, title VIII, § 8092, Oct. 23, 2002, 116 Stat.
1558.
Pub. L. 107–117, div. A, title VIII, § 8108, Jan. 10, 2002,
115 Stat. 2271.
Pub. L. 106–259, title VIII, § 8108, Aug. 9, 2000, 114 Stat.
698.
Pub. L. 106–79, title VIII, § 8132, Oct. 25, 1999, 113 Stat.
1266.
Pub. L. 104–61, title VIII, § 8055, Dec. 1, 1995, 109 Stat.
662.
Pub. L. 103–335, title VIII, § 8058A, Sept. 30, 1994, 108
Stat. 2632.
Pub. L. 103–139, title VIII, § 8099A, Nov. 11, 1993, 107
Stat. 1462.
Pub. L. 102–396, title IX, § 9114, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat.
1929.
Pub. L. 102–172, title VIII, § 8111A, Nov. 26, 1991, 105
Stat. 1200.
Pub. L. 101–511, title VIII, § 8068, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat.
1889.
Pub. L. 101–165, title IX, § 9093, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat.
1149.
Pub. L. 100–463, title VIII, § 8122, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat.
2270–40.
Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 8081], Dec. 22, 1987,
101 Stat. 1329–43, 1329–76.
Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title IX, § 9090], Oct. 18, 1986,
100 Stat. 1783–82, 1783–116, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c)
[title IX, § 9090], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–82, 3341–116.
Pub. L. 99–190, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 8099], Dec. 19, 1985,
99 Stat. 1185, 1219.
§ 2495a. Overseas package stores: treatment of
United States wines
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that
each
nonappropriated-fund
activity
engaged
principally in selling alcoholic beverage prod-
ucts in a packaged form (commonly referred to
as a ‘‘package store’’) that is located at a mili-
tary installation outside the United States shall
give appropriate treatment with respect to
wines produced in the United States to ensure
that such wines are given, in general, an equi-
table distribution, selection, and price when
compared with wines produced by the host na-
tion.
(Added Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title III,
§ 311(a)(1), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1073, § 2489; re-
numbered § 2495a, Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VI,
§ 651(b)(2), (c)(5), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1971, 1972.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2004—Pub. L. 108–375 renumbered section 2489 of this
title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
REGULATIONS DEADLINE
Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title III, § 311(b), Dec. 4, 1987,
101 Stat. 1073, directed Secretary of Defense to pre-
scribe regulations to implement this section not later
than 90 days after Dec. 4, 1987.
§ 2495b. Sale or rental of sexually explicit mate-
rial prohibited
(a) PROHIBITION OF SALE OR RENTAL.—The Sec-
retary of Defense may not permit the sale or
rental of sexually explicit material on property
under the jurisdiction of the Department of De-
fense.
(b) PROHIBITION OF OFFICIALLY PROVIDED SEXU-
ALLY
EXPLICIT
MATERIAL.—A member of the
armed forces or a civilian officer or employee of
the Department of Defense acting in an official
capacity may not provide for sale, remunera-
tion, or rental sexually explicit material to an-
other person.
(c) RESALE ACTIVITIES REVIEW BOARD.—(1) The
Secretary of Defense shall establish a nine-
member board to make recommendations to the
Secretary regarding whether material sold or
rented, or proposed for sale or rental, on prop-
erty under the jurisdiction of the Department of
Defense is barred from sale or rental by sub-
section (a).
(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall appoint
six members of the board to broadly represent
the interests of the patron base served by the de-
fense commissary system and the exchange sys-
tem. The Secretary shall appoint one of the
members to serve as the chairman of the board.
At least one member appointed under this sub-
paragraph shall be a person with experience
managing or advocating for military family pro-
grams and who is also an eligible patron of the
defense commissary system and the exchange
system.
(B) The Secretary of each of the military de-
partments shall appoint one member of the
board.
(C) A vacancy on the board shall be filled in
the same manner as the original appointment.
(3) The Secretary of Defense may detail per-
sons to serve as staff for the board. At a min-
imum, the Secretary shall ensure that the board
is assisted at meetings by military resale and
legal advisors.
(4) The recommendations made by the board
under paragraph (1) shall be made available to
the public. The Secretary of Defense shall pub-
licize the availability of such recommendations
by such means as the Secretary considers appro-
priate.
(5) Members of the board shall be allowed trav-
el expense, including per diem in lieu of subsist-
ence, at rates authorized for employees of agen-
cies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5
while away from their homes or regular places
of business in the performance of services for
the board.
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense
shall prescribe regulations to implement this
section.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘sexually explicit material’’
means an audio recording, a film or video re-
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cording, or a periodical with visual depictions,
produced in any medium, the dominant theme
of which depicts or describes nudity, including
sexual or excretory activities or organs, in a
lascivious way.
(2) The term ‘‘property under the jurisdic-
tion of the Department of Defense’’ includes
commissaries, all facilities operated by the
Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the
Navy Exchange Service Command, the Navy
Resale and Services Support Office, Marine
Corps exchanges, and ships’ stores.
(Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title III,
§ 343(a)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2489, § 2489a; re-
numbered § 2495b, Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VI,
§ 651(b)(2), (c)(5), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1971, 1972;
amended Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title VI,
§ 642(a), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4493.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2008—Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 110–417 added subsec.
(c) and redesignated former subsecs. (c) and (d) as (d)
and (e), respectively.
2004—Pub. L. 108–375 renumbered section 2489a of this
title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title III, § 343(b), Sept. 23, 1996,
110 Stat. 2490, provided that: ‘‘Subsection (a) of section
2489a [now 2495b] of title 10, United States Code, as
added by subsection (a) of this section, shall take effect
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act
[Sept. 23, 1996].’’
RESALE ACTIVITIES REVIEW BOARD: ESTABLISHMENT
AND INITIAL MEETING
Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title VI, § 642(b), Oct. 14, 2008,
122 Stat. 4494, provided that:
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The board required by sub-
section (c) of section 2495b of title 10, United States
Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be established,
and its initial nine members appointed, not later than
120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act
[Oct. 14, 2008].
‘‘(2) MEETINGS.—The board shall conduct an initial
meeting within one year after the date of the appoint-
ment of the initial members of the board. At the discre-
tion of the board, the board may consider all materials
previously reviewed under such section as available for
reconsideration for a minimum of 180 days following
the initial meeting of the board.’’
§ 2496. Sale of certain goods from the Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region prohibited
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Defense
may not knowingly permit the sale, at a com-
missary store or military exchange, of any good,
ware, article, or merchandise—
(1) containing any product mined, produced,
or manufactured, wholly or in part, by forced
labor from the XUAR; or
(2) from an entity that has used labor from
within or transferred from XUAR as part of a
‘‘poverty alleviation’’ or ‘‘pairing assistance’’
program.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘forced labor’’ means any work
or service that is exacted from any person
under the menace of any penalty for non-
performance and that the worker does not
offer to perform.
(2) The term ‘‘XUAR’’ means the Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s
Republic of China.
(Added Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title VI, § 651(a),
Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2639.)
[CHAPTER 148—REPEALED]
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior chapter 148, comprised of section 2501 et seq.,
relating to defense industrial base, was repealed, except
for sections 2504 to 2507, by Pub. L. 102–484, div. D, title
XLII, § 4202(a), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2659. Sections 2504
to 2507 of that chapter were renumbered sections 2531 to
2534, respectively, of this chapter by Pub. L. 102–484,
§ 4202(a). Sections 2531 and 2532 of this title were subse-
quently transferred to subchapter I of chapter 385 of
this title and renumbered as sections 4851 and 4852, re-
spectively, by Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII,
§ 1870(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4284. Sections 2533, 2533a,
2533b, and 2534 of this title were subsequently trans-
ferred to subchapter II of chapter 385 of this title and
renumbered as sections 4861 to 4864, respectively, by
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1870(c)(2), Jan. 1,
2021, 134 Stat. 4285. Section 2533c of this title was subse-
quently transferred to subchapter III of chapter 385 of
this title and renumbered as section 4872 by Pub. L.
116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1870(d)(3)(B), Jan. 1, 2021,
134 Stat. 4286, as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title
XVII, § 1701(t)(3), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2150. Sections
2533d and 2533e of this title were subsequently repealed
by Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1881(a), Jan. 1,
2021, 134 Stat. 4293.
[SUBCHAPTER I—REPEALED]
[§ 2500. Renumbered § 4801]
[SUBCHAPTER II—REPEALED]
[§ 2501. Renumbered § 4811]
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 2501, added Pub. L. 100–456, div. A,
title VIII, § 821(b)(1)(B), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2014, re-
lated to centralized guidance, analysis, and planning,
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–484, § 4202(a).
Another prior section 2501 was renumbered section
4861 of this title.
[§ 2502. Renumbered § 4812]
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 2502, added Pub. L. 100–456, div. A,
title VIII, § 821(b)(1)(B), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2015, re-
lated to defense industrial base policies, prior to repeal
by Pub. L. 102–484, § 4202(a).
Another prior section 2502 was renumbered section
4864 of this title.
[§ 2503. Renumbered § 4813]
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 2503, added Pub. L. 100–456, div. A,
title VIII, § 821(b)(1)(B), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2016;
amended Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VIII, § 842(a), (b),
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**(a) Prohibition of Sale or Rental.—** The Secretary of Defense may not permit the sale or rental of sexually explicit material on property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense.
**(b) Prohibition of Officially Provided Sexually Explicit Material.—** A member of the armed forces or a civilian officer or employee of the Department of Defense acting in an official capacity may not provide for sale, remuneration, or rental sexually explicit material to another person.
**(c) Resale Activities Review Board.—**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a nine-member board to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding whether material sold or rented, or proposed for sale or rental, on property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense is barred from sale or rental by subsection (a).
(2)
(A) The Secretary of Defense shall appoint six members of the board to broadly represent the interests of the patron base served by the defense commissary system and the exchange system. The Secretary shall appoint one of the members to serve as the chairman of the board. At least one member appointed under this subparagraph shall be a person with experience managing or advocating for military family programs and who is also an eligible patron of the defense commissary system and the exchange system.
(B) The Secretary of each of the military departments shall appoint one member of the board.
(C) A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(3) The Secretary of Defense may detail persons to serve as staff for the board. At a minimum, the Secretary shall ensure that the board is assisted at meetings by military resale and legal advisors.
(4) The recommendations made by the board under paragraph (1) shall be
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