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[CITE: 10USC2487]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
 CHAPTER 147--COMMISSARIES AND EXCHANGES AND OTHER MORALE, WELFARE, AND 
                          RECREATION ACTIVITIES
 
Sec. 2487. Commissary stores: limitations on release of sales 
        information
        
    (a) Authority To Limit Release.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may 
limit the release to the public of any information described in 
paragraph (2) if the Secretary determines that it is in the best 
interest of the Department of Defense to limit the release of such 
information. If the Secretary determines to limit the release of any 
such information, the Secretary may provide for limited release of such 
information in accordance with subsection (b).
    (2) Paragraph (1) applies to those portions of computer data 
generated by electronic scanners used in military commissaries, and 
those portions of reports generated by such scanners, that contain the 
following information:
        (A) The unit price of items sold.
        (B) The number of units of items sold.

    (b) Release Under Competitively Awarded Agreements.--The Secretary 
of Defense may enter into one or more agreements that provide for 
limited release of information described in subsection (a)(2). The 
Secretary shall use competitive procedures to enter into each such 
agreement unless the agreement is between the Defense Commissary Agency 
and a manufacturer, distributor, or other vendor doing business with the 
Agency and is restricted to information directly related to merchandise 
provided by that manufacturer, distributor, or vendor. Each agreement 
shall require payment for such information and shall specify the amount 
of such payment.
    (c) Deposit of Receipts.--Amounts received by the United States 
under an agreement described in subsection (b) with respect to a 
commissary shall be deposited in the Commissary Trust Revolving Fund of 
the military department under which the commissary is operated.

(Added Pub. L. 99-661, div. A, title III, Sec. 313(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 
100 Stat. 3852; amended Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title III, Sec. 364(a), 
(b)(2), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2381, 2382; Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, 
title III, Sec. 332, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 260.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-106 inserted ``unless the agreement 
is between the Defense Commissary Agency and a manufacturer, 
distributor, or other vendor doing business with the Agency and is 
restricted to information directly related to merchandise provided by 
that manufacturer, distributor, or vendor'' before period at end of 
second sentence.
    1992--Subsecs. (a) and (b). Pub. L. 102-484, Sec. 364(a), added 
subsecs. (a) and (b) and struck out former subsecs. (a) and (b) which 
read as follows:
    ``(a) In order to protect commercially valuable information, the 
Secretary of a military department, except as provided in subsection 
(b), may not release to the public those portions of computer data 
generated by electronic scanners used in military commissaries, and 
those portions of reports generated by such scanners, that contain the 
following information:
        ``(1) The unit prices of items sold.
        ``(2) The number of units of items sold.
    ``(b) Information subject to subsection (a) may be released under a 
written agreement. Any such agreement shall require payment for such 
information and shall specify the amount of such payment.''
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-484, Sec. 364(b)(2), inserted heading.
