EXPANSION OF CURRENT ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVES FOR COMMISSARY BENEFITS.

SEC. 362. EXPANSION OF CURRENT ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVES FOR COMMISSARY BENEFITS. (a) Days of Eligibility for Ready Reserve Members With 50 Creditable Points.— Section 1063 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out subsection (b); and (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking out “(1)”; (B) by striking out “12 days of eligibility” and inserting in lieu thereof “24 days of eligibility”; and (C) by striking out “(2) Paragraph (1)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(b) Effect of Compensation or Type of Duty.— subsection (a)”. (b) Days of Eligibility for Reserve Retirees Under Age 60.— Section 1064 of such title is amended by striking out “for 12 days each calendar year” and inserting in lieu thereof “for 24 days each calendar year”. 112 STAT. 1985 (c) Eligibility of Members of National Guard Serving in Federally Declared Disaster.— Chapter 54 of such title is amended by inserting after section 1063 the following new section: “§1063a. Use of commissary stores and MWR retail facilities: members of National Guard serving in federally declared disaster “(a) Eligibility of Members.— A member of the National Guard who, although not in Federal service, is called or ordered to duty in response to a federally declared disaster shall be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities during the period of such duty on the same basis as members of the armed forces on active duty. “(b) Eligibility of Dependents.— A dependent of a member of the National Guard who is permitted under subsection (a) to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities shall be permitted to use such stores and facilities, during the same period as the member, on the same basis as dependents of members of the armed forces on active duty. “(c) Definitions.— In this section: “(1) Federally declared disaster.— The term ‘federally declared disaster’ means a disaster or other situation for which a Presidential declaration of major disaster is issued 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 1065(e) of this title.”. (d) Section Headings.— (1) The heading of section 1063 of such title is amended to read as follows: “§1063. Use of commissary stores: members of Ready Reserve with at least 50 creditable points”. (2) The heading of section 1064 of such title is amended to read as follows: “§1064. Use of commissary stores: persons qualified for retired pay under chapter 1223 but under age 60”. (e) Clerical Amendment.— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 54 of such title is amended by striking out the items relating to sections 1063 and 1064 and inserting in lieu thereof the following items: “1063. Use of commissary stores: members of Ready Reserve with at least 50 creditable points. “1063a. Use of commissary stores and MWR retail facilities: members of National Guard serving in federally declared disaster. “1064. Use of commissary stores: persons qualified for retired pay under chapter 1223 but under age 60.”.