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[CITE: 10USC6082]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                          CHAPTER 557--RATIONS
 
Sec. 6082. Rations

    (a) The President may prescribe the components and quantities of the 
Navy ration. The President may direct the issuance of equivalent 
articles in place of the prescribed components of the ration if the 
President determines that economy and the health and comfort of the 
members of the naval service require such action.
    (b) An enlisted member of the naval service on active duty is 
entitled to one ration daily. If an emergency ration is issued, it is in 
addition to the regular ration.
    (c) Fresh or preserved fruits, milk, butter, and eggs necessary for 
the proper diet of the sick and injured in hospitals shall be provided 
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy.
    (d) The Secretary of the Navy may increase the quantity of daily 
rations for members of the naval service on a vessel or at a station 
that has an authorized complement of less than 150 members if the 
President determines that the vessel or station is operating under 
conditions that warrant an increase in rations.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 379; Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title 
V, Sec. 557(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1570.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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6082(a)...............................  34 U.S.C. 902a.                      Ma
r. 2, 1933, ch. 184, Sec.  1 (2d
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entence), 47 Stat. 1423; Feb. 21,
                                                                              1
942, ch. 106, 56 Stat. 97.
6082(b)...............................  34 U.S.C. 902b.                      Ma
r. 2, 1933, ch. 184, Sec.  2, 47
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tat. 1423.
6082(c)...............................  34 U.S.C. 902c.                      Ma
r. 2, 1933, ch. 184, Sec.  3, 47
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tat. 1423.
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    In subsection (a) the words ``issued to each person entitled 
thereto'' are omitted as surplusage. In clause (2) the words ``or 
fresh'' and in clause (6) the words ``together with'' are omitted as 
surplusage.


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-510 substituted ``Rations'' for ``Navy ration: 
composition'' in section catchline and amended text generally, 
substituting subsecs. (a) to (d) for former subsecs. (a) to (c) which 
specified the contents and quantities of the Navy ration in detail, 
authorized issuance of articles in addition to the authorized 
quantities, and provided for increases in the daily allowance of 
provisions on certain vessels or at certain stations.

                         Delegation of Authority

    Authority of President under subsecs. (a) and (d) of this section to 
prescribe uniform military ration applicable to Navy 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6083 of this title.
