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[CITE: 10USC9561]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
       CHAPTER 935--ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL TO ARMED FORCES
 
Sec. 9561. Rations

    (a) The President may prescribe the components, and the quantities 
thereof, of the Air Force 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 Air Force so 
require.
    (b) An enlisted member of the Air Force on active duty is entitled 
to one ration daily. The emergency ration, when issued, is in addition 
to the regular ration.
    (c) Fresh or preserved fruits, milk, butter, and eggs necessary for 
the proper diet of the sick in hospitals shall be provided under 
regulations approved by the Secretary.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 577.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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9561(a)...............................  10:724.                              Fe
b. 2, 1901, ch. 192 Sec.  40, 31
9561(b)...............................  10:716b.                              S
tat. 758.
                                        10:725.
9561(c)...............................  10:726.                              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 ``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 (c), the words ``as the Surgeon General'' are omitted, 
since the Air Force does not have the statutory office of Surgeon 
General, and functions which, for the Army, are assigned by statute to 
subordinate officers of the Army are, for the Air Force, assigned to the 
Secretary of the Air Force. 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 Air Force 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.
