10 U.S.C. § 1061

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 1061 - Survivors of certain Reserve and Guard members

(a) BENEFITS.-The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to allow dependents of members of the uniformed services described in subsection (b) to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as dependents of members of the uniformed services who die while on active duty for a period of more than 30 days.

(b) COVERED DEPENDENTS.-A dependent referred to in subsection (a) is a dependent of a member of a uniformed service who died-

(1) while on active duty, active duty for training, or inactive-duty training (regardless of the period of such duty); or

(2) while traveling to or from the place at which the member was to perform, or has performed, active duty, active duty for training, or inactive-duty training (regardless of the period of such duty).

10 U.S.C. § 1061

Added Pub. L. 100-370, §1(c)(1), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 841.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Section is based on Pub. L. 99-145, title III, §308, Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 618.

active duty for a period of more than 30 days: The term "active duty for a period of more than 30 days" means active duty under a call or order that does not specify a period of 30 days or less.
active duty: The term "active duty" means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States, including sustained duty in the Space Force. Such term includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, and attendance, while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary of the military department concerned. Such term does not include full-time National Guard duty.
inactive-duty training: The term "inactive-duty training" means-(A) duty prescribed for Reserves, or a member of the Space Force, by the Secretary concerned under section 206 of title 37 or any other provision of law; and(B) special additional duties authorized for Reserves, or a member of the Space Force, by an authority designated by the Secretary concerned and performed by them on a voluntary basis in connection with the prescribed training or maintenance activities of the units to which they are assigned.Such term includes those duties when performed by Reserves in their status as members of the National Guard.
uniformed services: The term "uniformed services" means-(A) the armed forces;(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.