COMMISSARY AND OTHER PRIVILEGES FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF A RESERVE COMPONENT AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS

SEC. 321. COMMISSARY AND OTHER PRIVILEGES FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF A RESERVE COMPONENT AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS (a) Use of Commissary Stores by Members of the Ready Reserve.— (1) Subsection (a) of section 1063 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(a) Eligibility of Members of Ready Reserve.— A member of the Ready Reserve who performs active duty for training (or annual training without compensation equivalent to active duty for training) shall accrue eligibility to use commissary stores of the Department of Defense for each day of that training. The Secretary concerned shall authorize the member to have one day of eligibility for using commissary stores, up to 12 days each calendar year, for the performance of that duty.”. (2) Section 1063(a) of title 10, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), shall apply with respect to active duty for training or104 STAT. 1528 annual training performed by a member of the Ready Reserve after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Use of Commissary Stores by Certain Other Persons.— Chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 1064. Use of commissary stores by certain members and former members “Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a person who would be eligible for retired pay under chapter 67 of this title but for the fact that the person is under 60 years of age shall be authorized to use commissary stores of the Department of Defense for 12 days each calendar year.”. (c) Use of Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Facilities.— Chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code, is further amended by adding after section 1064, as added by subsection (b), the following new section: “§ 1065. Use of certain morale, welfare, and recreation facilities by members of reserve components and dependents “(a) Unrestricted Use Required.— Members of the Selected Reserve in good standing (as determined by the Secretary concerned) and members who would be eligible for retired pay under chapter 67 of this title but for the fact that the member is under 60 years of age, and the dependents of such members, shall be permitted to use the exchange stores and other revenue generating facilities operated by nonappropriated fund activities of the Department of Defense for the morale, welfare, and recreation of members of the Armed Forces. Such use shall be permitted on the same basis as members on active duty. “(b) Eligibility to Use Authorized.— Subject to such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, members of the Ready Reserve (other than members of the Selected Reserve) may be permitted to use the facilities referred to in subsection (a) on the same basis as members serving on active duty.”. (d) Clerical Amendment.— The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new items: “1064. Use of commissary stores by certain members and former members. “1065. Use of certain morale, welfare, and recreation facilities by members of reserve components and dependents.”. (e) Effective Date and Deadline for Regulations.— (1) The amendments made by subsections (b) and (c) shall take effect 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the proper administration of sections 1064 and 1065 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this section, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.