§1066 Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: certain civilian employees

Summary

Protective services civilian employees who work on a military base may be allowed to buy food and personal care items at the base commissary or at an MWR retail store on that base. A civil service mariner who works for the Military Sealift Command may use commissaries and MWR retail stores the same way active duty members do. The Secretary of Defense must make rules that charge a user fee for people who are allowed to shop only because of this rule. The fee must cover any extra Treasury costs caused by credit or debit card use at commissaries. Money from the fee goes into the General Fund of the Treasury. That fee is added on top of the uniform surcharge under section 2484(d). MWR retail facility — retail shops run for Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (see section 1063). Protective services civilian employee — jobs in GS–0080, GS–0081, GS–0083, GS–0085, or GS–0089.