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[CITE: 10USC4561]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
       CHAPTER 435--ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL TO ARMED FORCES
 
Sec. 4561. Rations

    (a) The President may prescribe the components, and the quantities 
thereof, of the Army ration. He may direct the issue of equivalent 
articles in place of the prescribed components whenever, in his opinion, 
economy and the health and comfort of the members of the Army so 
require.
    (b) Under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, the branch, 
office, or officer designated by him shall issue the components of the 
Army ration.
    (c) An enlisted member of the Army on active duty is entitled to one 
ration daily. The emergency ration, when issued, is in addition to the 
regular ration.
    (d) Fresh or preserved fruits, milk, butter, and eggs necessary for 
the proper diet of the sick in hospitals shall be provided under 
regulations prescribed by the Surgeon General and approved by the 
Secretary.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 255.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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4561(a)...............................  10:724.                              R.
S. 1141 (as applicable to issue);
4561(b)...............................  10:1195a (as applicable to issue).    J
une 28, 1950, ch. 383, Sec.
                                        10:716b.                              4
02(a), 64 Stat. 272.
4561(c)...............................  10:725.                              Fe
b. 2, 1901, ch. 192, Sec.  40, 31
                                        10:726.                               S
tat. 758.
4561(d)...............................
                                        ...................................  R.
S. 1293; July 16, 1892, ch. 195
                                                                              (
last 15 words before proviso
                                                                              u
nder ``Subsistence of the
                                                                              A
rmy''), 27 Stat. 178.
                                        ...................................  Ma
r. 2, 1907, ch. 2511 (1st proviso
                                                                              u
nder ``Subsistence Department''),
                                                                              3
4 Stat. 1165.
                                                                             R.
S. 1175.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``the components, and the quantities 
thereof'' are substituted for the words ``the kinds and quantities of 
the component articles''. The words ``substitutive'' and ``a due 
regard'' are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (b), the words ``the components of the Army ration'' 
are substituted for the words ``such supplies as enter into the 
composition of the ration''.
    In subsection (c), the words ``on active duty'' are inserted for 
clarity. The words ``under such regulations as may be prescribed by the 
Secretary of the Army'', in 10:725, are omitted, since the Secretary has 
inherent authority to issue regulations appropriate to exercising his 
statutory functions. The words ``or reserve'', ``prescribed for use on 
emergent occasions'', and ``furnished'', in 10:725, are omitted as 
surplusage.
    In subsection (d), the words ``Such quantities of'' and ``may be 
allowed'' are omitted as surplusage.

                         Delegation of Authority

    Authority of President under subsec. (a) of this section to 
prescribe uniform military ration applicable to Army delegated to 
Secretary of Defense by section 3(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 12781, Nov. 20, 
1991, 56 F.R. 59203, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The 
President.
