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Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110

§3074 Commissary Privileges

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Officers and crew on ships run by the Administration can buy commissary and quartermaster supplies from the Armed Forces at the same prices military officers and enlisted members pay. The Secretary may buy food, ship stores, uniforms, gear, and similar items to sell on those ships and at shore stations to uniformed service members and to personnel assigned there. Sales must follow the Secretary’s rules, and the money from sales should, as much as possible, repay the funds used, regardless of fiscal year. The same buying rights also apply to surviving spouses and to others the appropriate Secretary names.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §3074

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(a)Extension of privilege
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)Sales of rations, stores, uniforms, and related equipment
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)Surviving spouses’ rights
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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110