Bill > S1044

This bill authorizes the Defense Commissary Agency (DCA), which operates grocery stores on military bases, to conduct a pilot program allowing commissary stores at military installations slated for closure or significant restructuring under a base closure law to sell additional types of merchandise. Specifically, these enhanced commissary stores will be required to operate at Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine, and may operate at other designated installations. Beyond their usual offerings, these stores will be permitted to sell alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, and any other merchandise categories approved by the Secretary of Defense. The bill also allows the Secretary of Defense to use any profits generated from the sale of these additional items to help cover the operating costs of these enhanced commissary stores.