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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§1062 Certain former spouses and surviving spouses

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 54— - COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE BENEFITS › § 1062

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must make rules so an unremarried former spouse described in subparagraph (F)(i) of section 1072(2) can use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities the same way and to the same extent as the surviving spouse of a retired member of the uniformed services. The Secretary must also make rules so a surviving spouse of a deceased member of the armed forces, no matter their marital status, can use those commissary stores and MWR retail facilities the same as an unremarried surviving spouse of a member of the uniformed services. "MWR retail facilities" is defined in section 1063.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1062

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to provide that an unremarried former spouse described in subparagraph (F)(i) of section 1072(2) of this title is entitled to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities to the same extent and on the same basis as the surviving spouse of a retired member of the uniformed services.
(b)The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to provide that a surviving spouse of a deceased member of the armed forces, regardless of the marital status of the surviving spouse, is entitled to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities to the same extent and on the same basis as an unremarried surviving spouse of a member of the uniformed services.
(c)In this section, the term “MWR retail facilities” has the meaning given that term in section 1063 of this title.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Section is based on Pub. L. 97–252, title X, § 1005, Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 737.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2023—Pub. L. 118–31 inserted “and surviving spouses” at end of section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted “use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities” for “commissary and exchange privileges”, and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Regulations

Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title VI, § 633(b), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 297, provided that: “The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe

Regulations

under section 1062(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(3), not later than October 1, 2025.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1062

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73