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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 827— RATIONS · § 8246

§ 8246. Subsistence in hospital messes: hospital ration

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(a)Enlisted members of the naval service on duty in hospitals and enlisted members of the naval service, including retired members and members of the Fleet Reserve and the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, when sick in hospitals, may be subsisted in hospital messes. When subsistence is furnished under this subsection, the appropriation chargeable with the maintenance of the hospital mess shall be credited at the rate prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy as the value of the hospital ration.
(b)Under such regulations as the Secretary prescribes, officers in the Nurse Corps may be subsisted in hospital messes. Each officer so subsisted shall pay for her subsistence at the rate fixed by the regulations.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 380, § 6086; renumbered § 8246, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(8), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1835.)
In subsection
(a)the words “active duty” before the words “enlisted personnel” are omitted as surplusage since there is no authority to hospitalize an enlisted member in a naval hospital under conditions where he would not be entitled to a hospital ration. The words “active and inactive” before the words “retired enlisted personnel” are omitted as surplusage. The word “members” is substituted for the word “personnel” for uniformity. The words “the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve” are inserted for clarity since the term “Fleet Reserve” in the source statute is used in a generic sense and includes members of the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve.
In subsection
(b)the words “that nothing contained in this section shall deprive such nurses of allowances for subsistence now or after August 2, 1946, provided by law” are omitted as surplusage. Section 301 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (37 U.S.C. 251) authorizes a basic allowance for subsistence for all officers entitled to basic pay.
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  • Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 380
  • 132 Stat. 1835
  • 37 U.S.C. 251
  • section 6086 of this title
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§ 8246
Subsistence in hospital messes: hospital ration
Pub. L.Public Law 115-232
U.S.C.§ 3001
ActAug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
Stat.70A Stat. 380
Stat.132 Stat. 1835
Cite37 U.S.C. 251
Citesection 6086 of this title
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