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[CITE: 10USC6081]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                          CHAPTER 557--RATIONS
 
Sec. 6081. Navy ration: persons entitled to

    (a) Each enlisted member of the naval service is entitled to a Navy 
ration for each day that he is on active duty, including each day that 
he is on leave.
    (b) Each midshipman is entitled to a Navy ration for each day that 
he is on active duty, including each day that he is on leave.
    (c) The Secretary of the Navy may prescribe regulations stating the 
conditions under which the ration shall be allowed under subsection (b).

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 379; Pub. L. 87-649, Sec. 5(c), 
Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 494; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title VI, 
Sec. 602(b)(2), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1772.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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6081..................................  34 U.S.C. 901a (1st 2 sentences).    Au
g. 2, 1946, ch. 756, Sec.  17(a)
                                                                              (
1st 2 sentences), 60 Stat. 855.
                                        5 U.S.C. 421g (b).                   Au
g. 2, 1946, ch. 756, Sec.  40(b),
                                                                              6
0 Stat. 858.
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    So much of 34 U.S.C. 901a as authorizes a commuted ration for 
enlisted members of the naval service under conditions and at rates 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy is superseded by Sec. 301 of the 
Career Compensation Act of 1949 (37 U.S.C. 251). That section 
established a basic allowance for subsistence for enlisted members 
entitled to basic pay who are not subsisting at Government expense and 
prescribes the conditions under which the basic allowance for 
subsistence shall be paid and the amount of the allowance. Pursuant to 
Executive Order No. 10119, March 30, 1950, 15 F.R. 1757, the Secretary 
of Defense is authorized to make supplemental regulations to carry out 
the provisions of Sec. 301. The words ``or to a per diem in place of 
subsistence'' are inserted to reflect the subsistence allowance 
authorized by Sec. 303(a) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (37 
U.S.C. 253a) to members in travel status.
    In subsection (a) reference to the Coast and Geodetic Survey is 
omitted since there are no enlisted personnel in that service, and 
reference to the Coast Guard is omitted as covered by 14 U.S.C. 478.
    In subsections (a) and (b) the words ``or furlough therefrom'' are 
omitted as surplusage, and the words ``for each day'' are inserted to 
make clear the fact that a ration is a daily allowance of food and that, 
in subsection (b), the commuted ration is credited on a daily basis. The 
words ``and cadets'' are omitted as there are no cadets in the Navy or 
Marine Corps entitled to a Navy ration. Aviation cadets are entitled to 
the basic allowance for subsistence prescribed for officers (34 U.S.C. 
850c).
    In subsection (c) the words ``prescribed by law'' and ``in 
accordance with law'' are omitted as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-85 substituted ``Each enlisted 
member'' for ``Except when entitled to a basic allowance for subsistence 
or to a per diem in place of subsistence, each enlisted member''.
    1962--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-649 struck out provisions which 
permitted payment of the commuted value of the ration in money. See 
section 422(b) of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed 
Services.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87-649 struck out provisions which permitted 
the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the allowance of the commuted 
value of the ration. See section 422(b) of Title 37, Pay and Allowances 
of the Uniformed Services.


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-85 effective Jan. 1, 1998, see section 
602(g) of Pub. L. 105-85, set out as a note under section 402 of Title 
37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.


                    Effective Date of 1962 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 87-649 effective Nov. 1, 1962, see section 15 
of Pub. L. 87-649, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 
101 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.
