§1065 Use of Commissary Stores and Mwr Facilities: Certain Veterans, Caregivers for Veterans, and Foreign Service Officers

Summary

Veterans who got the Purple Heart, the Medal of Honor, were prisoners of war, or have service-connected disabilities may use commissary stores and MWR facilities the same as military members who get retired or retainer pay. Caregivers and family caregivers for those veterans get the same access. A Foreign Service officer on mandatory home leave may be allowed to use military lodging. The Secretary of Defense must make rules to charge a user fee for people who are eligible only because of this law when they buy things at a commissary or MWR retail store. The fee must cover extra costs to the Department of the Treasury from credit or debit card use (like card network and processing fees). Money from the fee goes into the General Fund of the Treasury. That fee is in addition to the uniform surcharge under section 2484(d). Definitions (one line each): MWR facilities — MWR retail facilities and military lodging; Medal of Honor recipient — meaning in section 1074h(c); veteran, former prisoner of war, service-connected — meanings in section 101 of title 38; caregiver and family caregiver — meanings in section 1720G(d) of title 38; Foreign Service officer — meaning in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903); mandatory home leave — leave under section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4083).