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[CITE: 10USC2492]

 
                         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. 2492. Overseas commissary and exchange stores: access and 
        purchase restrictions
        
    (a) General Authority.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may establish 
restrictions on the ability of eligible patrons of commissary and 
exchange stores located outside of the United States to purchase certain 
merchandise items (or the quantity of certain merchandise items) 
otherwise included within an authorized merchandise category if the 
Secretary determines that such restrictions are necessary to prevent the 
resale of such merchandise in violation of treaty obligations of the 
United States or host nation laws (to the extent such laws are not 
inconsistent with United States laws).
    (2) In establishing a quantity or other restriction, the Secretary--
        (A) may not discriminate among the various categories of 
    eligible patrons of the commissary and exchange system; and
        (B) shall ensure that the restriction is consistent with the 
    purpose of the overseas commissary and exchange system to provide 
    reasonable access for eligible patrons to purchase merchandise items 
    made in the United States.

    (b) Controlled Item Lists.--For each location outside the United 
States that is served by the commissary system or the exchange system, 
the Secretary of Defense may maintain a list of controlled merchandise 
items, except that, after October 17, 1998, the Secretary may not change 
the list to add a merchandise item unless, before making the change, the 
Secretary submits to Congress a notice of the proposed addition and the 
reasons for the addition of the item.
    (c) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress an annual report describing the host nation laws and the treaty 
obligations of the United States, and the conditions within host 
nations, that necessitate the use of quantity or other restrictions on 
purchases in commissary and exchange stores located outside the United 
States.

(Added Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title III, Sec. 365(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 
112 Stat. 1986; amended Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1066(a)(22), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 771.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``October 17, 1998'' 
for ``the date of the enactment of this section''.
