§2643 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must let the people who run commissaries and military exchanges deal directly with private carriers to get the lowest-cost transport for supplies going outside the continental United States. They do not have to use Air Mobility Command, Military Sealift Command, or Military Traffic Management Command. When hiring ships, the rule in section 2631 that favors U.S. vessels still applies. Congress-appropriated funds must pay to move commissary goods under section 2483(b)(5). Appropriated funds must also pay to move exchange goods outside the continental United States. Those funds can be supplemented with extra money saved or earned from better management under sections 2481(c)(3) and 2487(c).

Title 10, §2643

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(a)The Secretary of Defense shall authorize the officials responsible for operation of commissaries and military exchanges to negotiate directly with private carriers for the most cost-effective transportation of commissary and exchange supplies to destinations outside the continental United States without relying on the Air Mobility Command, the Military Sealift Command, or the Military Traffic Management Command. section 2631 of this title, regarding the preference for vessels of the United States or belonging to the United States in the transportation of supplies by sea, shall apply to the negotiation of contracts for sea-borne transportation under the authority of this section.

(b)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. Such appropriated funds may be supplemented with additional funds derived from improved management practices implemented pursuant to section 2481(c)(3) and 2487(c) of this title.

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2016—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–328 inserted at end “Such appropriated funds may be supplemented with additional funds derived from improved management practices implemented pursuant to section 2481(c)(3) and 2487(c) of this title.” 2006—Pub. L. 109–163 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted “to destinations outside the continental United States without relying on the Air Mobility Command, the Military Sealift Command,” for “by sea without relying on the Military Sealift Command” and “contracts for sea-borne transportation” for “transportation contracts”, and added subsec. (b).

§2643 Commissary and exchange services: transportation overseas

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Title 10, §2643

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