Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102
§2774 Sales of Ration Supplies to Messes
Title 14 › SUBTITLE II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 27 — PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS › SUBCHAPTER III — PAYMENTS › § 2774
Summary
Approved messes such as the cabin, wardroom, and warrant officers’ mess can buy ration items with cash from the commissary officer. Prices must be at least the invoice cost, and the money must be recorded on the ration return and may be used for the general mess.
Full Legal Text
Title 14, §2774
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Ration supplies may be purchased by the cabin, wardroom, warrant officers’, and other authorized messes and payment therefor made in cash to the commissary officer. The prices to be charged for such supplies shall not be less than the invoice prices, and the cash received from such sales shall be accounted for on the ration return and may be expended for the general mess.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 132 (Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 223, § 1, 38 Stat. 620). 81st Congress,
House Report No. 557
.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 479 of this title as this section.
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 2774
Title 14, Coast Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102