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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§8804 Ships’ stores: sale of goods and services

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART IV— - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 879— - SHIPS’ STORES AND COMMISSARY STORES › § 8804

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Navy can allow ship stores to sell goods and services to Navy members and to others the law allows. The Secretary sets the rules and prices. The Navy can also give ship stores money services, space, utilities, and labor without billing them back. Ship stores afloat may sell things like health and beauty items, prerecorded music and videos, photo batteries and supplies, appliances, uniforms and sports gear, luggage, stationery and books, games and souvenirs, drinks and snacks, laundry and tailor supplies, and tobacco.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8804

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(a)Under such regulations and at such prices as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, the Secretary may provide for the sale of goods and services from ships’ stores to members of the naval service and to such other persons as provided by law.
(b)The Secretary of the Navy may provide financial services, space, utilities, and labor to ships’ stores on a nonreimbursable basis.
(c)Merchandise sold by ship stores afloat may include items in the following categories:
(1)Health, beauty, and barber items.
(2)Prerecorded music and videos.
(3)Photographic batteries and related supplies.
(4)Appliances and accessories.
(5)Uniform items, emblematic and athletic clothing, and equipment.
(6)Luggage and leather goods.
(7)Stationery, magazines, books, and supplies.
(8)Sundry, games, and souvenirs.
(9)Beverages and related food and snacks.
(10)Laundry, tailor, and cleaning supplies.
(11)Tobacco products.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7604 of this title as this section. 2011—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–81 substituted “may” for “shall” in introductory provisions. 1993—Pub. L. 103–160 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

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.

Effective Date

of 1993 Amendment Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title III, § 371(b), formerly § 371(d), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1635, renumbered § 371(b) by Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title III, § 340(a)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 265; as amended by Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title III, § 374(b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2736, provided that: “Subsections (b) and (c) of section 7604 [now 8804] of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (c) [now (a)], shall take effect on October 1, 1994.”

Regulations

Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title III, § 329(a)(3), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1534, provided that: “The

Regulations

required to be prescribed under section 7604 [now 8804] of title 10, United States Code (as amended by paragraph (1)), shall be first prescribed not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 5, 1990].”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8804

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73