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[CITE: 10USC2643]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                       CHAPTER 157--TRANSPORTATION
 
Sec. 2643. Commissary and exchange services: transportation 
        overseas
        
    The Secretary of Defense shall authorize the officials responsible 
for operation of commissaries and military exchanges to negotiate 
directly with private carriers for the most cost-effective 
transportation of commissary and exchange supplies by sea without 
relying on the Military Sealift Command or the Military Traffic 
Management Command. Section 2631 of this title, regarding the preference 
for vessels of the United States or belonging to the United States in 
the transportation of supplies by sea, shall apply to the negotiation of 
transportation contracts under the authority of this section.

(Added Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title III, Sec. 334(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 
110 Stat. 261.)
