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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-83

§1066 Use of Commissary Stores and Mwr Facilities: Certain Civilian Employees

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 54— COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE BENEFITS › § 1066

Last updated Apr 18, 2026|Official source

Summary

Certain civilian workers may be allowed to buy food and hygiene items at a base commissary or an MWR retail store. This can apply to protective services civilian employees who work at a military installation and to civil service mariners of the Military Sealift Command, who may use these stores like active-duty members. The Secretary of Defense must make rules that charge a user fee for people who get access only under this rule. The fee must cover any extra Treasury costs from customers using credit or debit cards at commissaries. Collected fees go into the General Fund of the Treasury. The fee is in addition to the uniform surcharge under section 2484(d). Definitions: MWR retail facility — a base retail store run by Morale, Welfare, and Recreation. Protective services civilian employee — jobs in GS–0080, GS–0081, GS–0083, GS–0085, or GS–0089.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1066

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)(1)An individual employed as a protective services civilian employee at a military installation may be permitted to purchase food and hygiene items at a commissary store or MWR retail facility located on that military installation.
(2)A civil service mariner of the Military Sealift Command may be permitted to use commissary stores and MWR retail facilities on the same basis as members of the armed forces on active duty.
(b)(1)The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations that impose a user fee on individuals who are eligible solely under this section to purchase merchandise at a commissary store or MWR retail facility.
(2)The Secretary shall set the user fee under this subsection at a rate that the Secretary determines will offset any increase in expenses arising from this section borne by the Department of the Treasury on behalf of commissary stores associated with the use of credit or debit cards for customer purchases, including expenses related to card network use and related transaction processing fees.
(3)The Secretary shall deposit funds collected pursuant to a user fee under this subsection in the General Fund of the Treasury.
(4)Any fee under this subsection is in addition to the uniform surcharge under section 2484(d) of this title.
(c)In this section:
(1)The term “MWR retail facility” has the meaning given that term in section 1063 of this title.
(2)The term “protective services civilian employee” means a position in any of the following series (or successor classifications) of the General Schedule:
(A)Security Administration (GS–0080).
(B)Fire Protection and Prevention (GS–0081).
(C)Police (GS–0083).
(D)Security Guard (GS–0085).
(E)Emergency Management (GS–0089).

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Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60, § 651(b)(1), substituted “certain” for “protective services” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 119–60, § 651(b)(2), substituted “Certain” for “Protective Services” in heading. Pub. L. 119–60, § 651(a), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1066

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 18, 2026

Release point: 119-83