PROVISION OF AND PAYMENT FOR OVERSEAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE SUPPLIES AND PRODUCTS.

SEC. 673. PROVISION OF AND PAYMENT FOR OVERSEAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE SUPPLIES AND PRODUCTS. Section 2643 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) by inserting “(a) Transportation Options.—” before “The Secretary”;(2) in the first sentence, by striking “by sea without relying on the Military Sealift Command” and inserting “to destinations outside the continental United States without relying on the Air Mobility Command, the Military Sealift Command,”;(3) in the second sentence, by striking “transportation contracts” and inserting “contracts for sea-borne transportation”; and(4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(b) Payment of Transportation Costs.—Section 2483(b)(5) of this title, regarding the use of appropriated funds to cover the expenses of operating commissary stores, shall apply to the transportation of commissary supplies and products. Appropriated funds for the Department of Defense shall also be used to cover the expenses of transporting exchange supplies and products to destinations outside the continental United States.”.