USC Subchapter II

in effect

10 U.S.C. § 2487 Relationship between defense commissary system and exchange stores system

(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. (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 exchange system; and (B) for the acquisition of supplies, resale goods, and services on behalf of both the defense commissary system and the exchange system. (3) For the purpose of a contract or agreement authorized under paragraph (2), the Secretary may—(A) use funds appropriated pursuant to section 2483 of this title to reimburse a nonappropriated fund entity or instrumentality for the portion of the cost of a contract or agreement entered by the nonappropriated fund entity or instrumentality that is attributable to the defense commissary system; and (B) authorize the defense commissary system to accept reimbursement from a nonappropriated fund entity or instrumentality for the portion of the cost of a contract or agreement entered by the defense commissary system that is attributable to the nonappropriated fund entity or instrumentality. (d) Access of Exchange Stores System to Federal Financing Bank.—To facilitate the provision of in-store credit to patrons of the exchange stores system while reducing the costs of providing such credit, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Navy Exchange Service Command, and Marine Corps exchanges may issue and sell their obligations to the Federal Financing Bank as provided in section 6 of the Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973 (12 U.S.C. 2285).

10 U.S.C. § 2488 Combined exchange and commissary stores

(a) Authority.—The Secretary of Defense may authorize a nonappropriated fund instrumentality to operate a military exchange and a commissary store as a combined exchange and commissary store on a military installation. (b) Limitations.—(1) Not more than ten combined exchange and commissary stores may be operated pursuant to this section. (2) The Secretary may select a military installation for the operation of a combined exchange and commissary store under this section only if—(A) the installation is to be closed, or has been or is to be realigned, under a base closure law; or (B) a military exchange and a commissary store are operated at the installation by separate entities at the time of, or immediately before, such selection and it is not economically feasible to continue that separate operation. (c) Operation at Carswell Field.—Combined exchange and commissary stores operated under this section shall include the combined exchange and commissary store that is operated at the Naval Air Station Fort Worth, Joint Reserve Center, Carswell Field, Texas, under the authority provided in section 375 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103–337; 108 Stat. 2736). (d) Adjustments and Surcharges.—Adjustments to, and surcharges on, the sales price of a grocery food item sold in a combined exchange and commissary store under this section shall be provided for in accordance with the same laws that govern such adjustments and surcharges for items sold in a commissary store of the Defense Commissary Agency. (e) Use of Appropriated Funds.—(1) If a nonappropriated fund instrumentality incurs a loss in operating a combined exchange and commissary store at a military installation under this section as a result of the requirement set forth in subsection (d), the Secretary may authorize a transfer of funds available for the Defense Commissary Agency to the nonappropriated fund instrumentality to offset the loss. (2) The total amount of appropriated funds transferred during a fiscal year to support the operation of a combined exchange and commissary store at a military installation under this section may not exceed an amount that is equal to 25 percent of the amount of appropriated funds that was provided for the operation of the commissary store of the Defense Commissary Agency on that installation during the last full fiscal year of operation of that commissary store. (f) Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Defined.—In this section, the term “nonappropriated fund instrumentality” means the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Navy Exchange Service Command, Marine Corps exchanges, or any other instrumentality of the United States under the jurisdiction of the armed forces which is conducted for the comfort, pleasure, contentment, or physical or mental improvement of members of the armed forces.

10 U.S.C. § 2489 Overseas commissary and exchange stores: access and purchase restrictions

(a) Authority to Establish Restrictions.—The Secretary of Defense may establish restrictions on the ability of eligible patrons of commissary and exchange stores located outside of the United States to purchase certain merchandise items (or the quantity of certain merchandise items) otherwise included within an authorized merchandise category if the Secretary determines that such restrictions are necessary to prevent the resale of such merchandise in violation of treaty obligations of the United States or host nation laws (to the extent such laws are not inconsistent with United States laws). (b) Limitations on Use of Authority.—In establishing a quantity or other restriction, the Secretary—(1) may not discriminate among the various categories of eligible patrons of the commissary and exchange system; and (2) shall ensure that the restriction is consistent with the purpose of the overseas commissary and exchange system to provide reasonable access for eligible patrons to purchase merchandise items made in the United States.