10 U.S.C. § 8805 — Acceptance of Government checks outside

Page 3393 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 8806 1993—Pub. L. 103–160 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsecs. (b) and (c). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1993 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title III, § 371(b), formerly § 371(d), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1635, renumbered § 371(b) by Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title III, § 340(a)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 265; as amended by Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title III, § 374(b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2736, provided that: ‘‘Subsections (b) and (c) of section 7604 [now 8804] of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (c) [now (a)], shall take effect on October 1, 1994.’’ REGULATIONS Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title III, § 329(a)(3), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1534, provided that: ‘‘The regulations required to be prescribed under section 7604 [now 8804] of title 10, United States Code (as amended by paragraph (1)), shall be first prescribed not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 5, 1990].’’ § 8805. Acceptance of Government checks outside the United States Notwithstanding section 3302(a) of title 31, the Secretary of the Navy may authorize the officer in charge of any commissary store or ship’s store ashore located outside the United States to— (1) accept any Government check tendered by a retired member of the Navy or the Marine Corps, a member of the Navy Reserve or the Marine Corps Reserve, or a member of the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Re- serve, if the member is the payee of the check and the check is tendered in payment of amounts due from the member to the store; and (2) refund in cash any difference between the amount due and the amount of the tendered check. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 471, § 7605; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 513(42), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2935; Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(b)(10), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1064; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(V), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3233; renum- bered § 8805, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 7605 ......... 34 U.S.C. 552. July 15, 1939, ch. 285, 53 Stat. 1043. Since the authority of this section to refund any cash balance extends only to the payee of a check, the sec- tion is written to authorize only the payee to cash it. The Fleet Reserve and the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve were parts of the Naval Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve, respectively, when the source statute was en- acted but were removed therefrom by the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952. The words ‘‘or a member of the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve’’ are inserted in clause (1) to give this section the same ap- plicability as the source. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7605 of this title as this section. 2006—Par. (1). Pub. L. 109–163 substituted ‘‘Navy Re- serve’’ for ‘‘Naval Reserve’’. 1982—Pub. L. 97–258 substituted ‘‘section 3302(a) of title 31’’ for ‘‘sections 3639 and 3651 of the Revised Stat- utes (31 U.S.C. 521 and 543)’’. 1980—Pub. L. 96–513 substituted ‘‘sections 3639 and 3651 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 521 and 543)’’ for ‘‘sections 521 and 543 of title 31’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title. § 8806. Subsistence and other supplies: members of armed forces; veterans; executive or mili- tary departments and employees; prices (a)(1) The Secretary of the Navy shall procure and sell, for cash or credit— (A) articles designated by the Secretary to members of the Navy and Marine Corps; and (B) items of individual clothing and equip- ment to members of the Navy and Marine Corps, under such restrictions as the Sec- retary may prescribe. (2) An account of sales on credit shall be kept and the amount due reported to the Secretary. Except for articles and items acquired through the use of working capital funds under section 2208 of this title, sales of articles shall be at cost, and sales of individual clothing and equip- ment shall be at average current prices, includ- ing overhead, as determined by the Secretary. (b) The Secretary shall sell subsistence sup- plies to members of other armed forces at the prices at which like property is sold to members of the Navy and Marine Corps. (c) The Secretary may sell serviceable sup- plies, other than subsistence supplies, to mem- bers of other armed forces for the buyers’ use in the service. The prices at which the supplies are sold shall be the same prices at which like prop- erty is sold to members of the Navy and Marine Corps. (d) A person who has been discharged honor- ably or under honorable conditions from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force and who is receiving care and medical treatment from the Public Health Service or the Department of Veterans Affairs may buy sub- sistence supplies and other supplies, except arti- cles of uniform, at the prices at which like prop- erty is sold to members of the Navy and Marine Corps. (e) Under such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, exterior articles of uniform may be sold to a person who has been discharged hon- orably or under honorable conditions from the