Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§8803 Sales: veterans under treatment
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART IV— - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 879— - SHIPS’ STORES AND COMMISSARY STORES › § 8803
Summary
People honorably separated from the military who receive care from Public Health Service or VA may buy subsistence and other non‑uniform supplies from the Navy and Marine Corps at naval prices.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8803
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A person who has been separated honorably or under honorable conditions from the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Space Force, or the Coast Guard and who is receiving care and medical treatment from the Public Health Service or the Department of Veterans Affairs may buy subsistence supplies and other supplies, except articles of uniform, from the Navy and the Marine Corps at prices charged members of the naval service.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 760334 U.S.C. 536.
June 5, 1920, ch. 240 (par. under “Purchase of Army Stores by Discharged Receiving Treatment from the Public Health Service”), 41 Stat. 976. The word “separated” is substituted for the word “discharged”. The words “under honorable conditions” are added since this provision is interpreted as benefiting personnel discharged under honorable conditions. The words “Air Force” are supplied under the authority of § 305(a) of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (5 U.S.C. 171l). The words “Veterans’ Administration” are added under the authority of the Act of
August 9, 1921, ch. 57, 42 Stat. 148, which transferred care of veterans to the Veterans’ Bureau, the Act of
June 7, 1924, ch. 320, 43 Stat. 610, which transferred all hospitals under the jurisdiction of the Public Health Service to the Veterans’ Bureau, and the Act of
July 3, 1930, ch. 863, § 1, 46 Stat. 1016, under which the President by Executive Order No. 5398,
July 21, 1930, transferred the Veterans’ Bureau to the Veterans’ Administration. The words “while undergoing such care and treatment” are omitted as surplusage.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2024—Pub. L. 118–159 substituted “, the Space Force, or the Coast Guard” for “, or the Space Force”. 2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “the Marine Corps, or the Space Force” for “or the Marine Corps”. 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7603 of this title as this section. 1989—Pub. L. 101–189 substituted “Department of Veterans Affairs” for “Veterans’ Administration”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8803
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73