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S 1044 112th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Alcoholic beverages Maine Military facilities and property Retail and wholesale trades

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Defense Commissary Agency to conduct a pilot program at military institutions to be closed or subject to an adverse realignment under a…

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A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Defense Commissary Agency to conduct a pilot program at military institutions to be closed or subject to an adverse realignment under a base closure law under which a commissary store may sell additional types of merchandise.

Introduced: May 23, 2011 See on congress.gov
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May 23, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 23, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3226-3227)
May 23, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Defense Commissary Agency (DCA) to operate an enhanced commissary store (store) at Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine, and authorizes the DCA to operate a store at a military installation designated for closure or realignment under a defense base closure law. Allows such stores to sell, in addition to regularly-permitted merchandise, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, and items in such other merchandise categories as the Secretary of Defense may authorize. Allows the Secretary to retain sale profits to offset the cost of store operation.

What's happening now May 23, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1540 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
 Bill text 1 version

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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 23, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1044: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Defense Commissary Agency to conduct a pilot program at military institutions to be closed or subject to an adverse realignment under a base closure law under which a commissary store may sell additional types of merchandise.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1044/
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"S. 1044: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Defense Commissary Agency to conduct a pilot program at military institutions to be closed or subject to an adverse realignment under a base closure law under which a commissary store may sell additional types of merchandise.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1044/.
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S. 1044, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1044/.
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[S. 1044: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Defense Commissary Agency to conduct a pilot program at military institutions to be closed or subject to an adverse realignment under a base closure law under which a commissary store may sell additional types of merchandise.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1044/)
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