the Secretary concerned may establish and enforce as the minimum drinking age on that military installation the lowest applicable age.
10 U.S.C. § 2683
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1988-Subsec. (c)(2)(B). Pub. L. 100-526, §106(b)(2)(A), substituted "the term 'lowest applicable age'" for "'lowest age'".Subsec. (c)(4)(A). Pub. L. 100-526, §106(b)(2)(B)(i), substituted "The term 'State'" for "'State'". Subsec. (c)(4)(B). Pub. L. 100-526, §106(b)(2)(B)(ii), substituted "The term 'minimum'" for "'Minimum'". 1986-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-661 struck out "this" before "subsection (a)". 1985-Pub. L. 99-145, §1224(c)(1), inserted ";minimum drinking age on military installations" in section catchline.Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-145, §1224(b)(1), substituted "subsection (a)" for "section". Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-145, §1224(a), added subsec. (c). 1974-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-283 substituted "Secretary concerned" for "Secretary of a military department". 1972-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-545 provided for relinquishment of all or part of legislative jurisdiction of the United States over lands or interests to Commonwealths, territories, or possessions of the United States.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 99-145, title XII, §1224(d), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 729, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section and provisions set out as a note under section 113 of this title] shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 8, 1985]."
- includes
- "includes" means "includes but is not limited to"; and
- Secretary concerned
- The term "Secretary concerned" means-(A) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters concerning the Army;(B) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters concerning the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Department of the Navy;(C) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to matters concerning the Air Force and the Space Force; and(D) the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy.
- officer
- The term "officer" means a commissioned or warrant officer.
- possessions
- The term "possessions" includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.