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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§3074 Commissary privileges

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 43— - NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - RIGHTS AND BENEFITS › § 3074

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows commissioned officers, ship officers, and crew of Administration vessels to buy commissary and quartermaster items from the Armed Forces at the same prices that military officers and enlisted members pay, when those items are available. The Secretary can buy food, uniforms, gear, and related supplies to sell on Administration ships and shore stations to uniformed members and to personnel assigned there. Sales must follow the Secretary’s rules, and the money raised should, as much as possible, fully repay the funds used, even if it crosses fiscal years. The same buying rights also apply to surviving spouses and to any other people the Secretary names.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §3074

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Commissioned officers, ships’ officers, and members of crews of vessels of the Administration shall be permitted to purchase commissary and quartermaster supplies as far as available from the Armed Forces at the prices charged officers and enlisted members of the Armed Forces.
(b)The Secretary may purchase ration supplies for messes, stores, uniforms, accouterments, and related equipment for sale aboard ship and shore stations of the Administration to members of the uniformed services and to personnel assigned to such ships or shore stations. Sales shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, and proceeds therefrom shall, as far as is practicable, fully reimburse the appropriations charged without regard to fiscal year.
(c)Rights extended to members of the uniformed services in this section are extended to their surviving spouses and to such others as are designated by the Secretary concerned.

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Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 857–4 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–372.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 3074

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73