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[CITE: 10USC2424]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
              CHAPTER 143--PRODUCTION BY MILITARY AGENCIES
 
Sec. 2424. Procurement of supplies and services from exchange 
        stores outside the United States
        
    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may authorize an element of 
the Department of Defense to enter into a contract (through the use of 
procedures other than competitive procedures) with an exchange store 
operated under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military 
department outside the United States to procure supplies or services for 
use by the armed forces outside the United States.
    (b) Limitations.--(1) A contract may not be entered into under 
subsection (a) in an amount in excess of $50,000.
    (2) Supplies provided under a contract entered into under subsection 
(a) shall be provided from the stocks of the exchange store on hand as 
of the date the contract is entered into with that exchange store.
    (3) A contract entered into with an exchange store under subsection 
(a) may not provide for the procurement of services not regularly 
provided by that exchange store.
    (c) Exception.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) do not 
apply to contracts for the procurement of soft drinks that are 
manufactured in the United States. The Secretary of Defense shall 
prescribe in regulations the standards and procedures for determining 
whether a particular beverage is a soft drink and whether the beverage 
was manufactured in the United States.

(Added Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title III, Sec. 324(a), Nov. 29, 1989, 
103 Stat. 1414; amended Pub. L. 103-355, title III, Sec. 3066, Oct. 13, 
1994, 108 Stat. 3337; Pub. L. 104-106, div. D, title XLIII, 
Sec. 4321(b)(17), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 673.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-106 inserted heading and substituted 
``particular beverage'' for ``particular drink'' and ``beverage was'' 
for ``drink was''.
    1994--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-355 added subsec. (c).


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    For effective date and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 104-
106, see section 4401 of Pub. L. 104-106, set out as a note under 
section 251 of Title 41, Public Contracts.


Operation of Stars and Stripes Bookstores Overseas by Military Exchanges

    Section 353 of Pub. L. 103-160 provided that:
    ``(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the 
commencement, not later than October 1, 1994, of the operation of Stars 
and Stripes bookstores outside of the United States by the military 
exchanges.
    ``(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
regulations to carry out subsection (a).''
