10 USC § 8803 - Sales: veterans under treatment

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title: "10 USC § 8803 - Sales: veterans under treatment"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8803"
section_name: "Sales: veterans under treatment"
chapter_number: 879
chapter_name: "SHIPS’ STORES AND COMMISSARY STORES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 471, § 7603; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, § 1621(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1602; renumbered § 8803, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(d)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3826; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VI, § 642, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1938.)"
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# § 8803. Sales: veterans under treatment

A person who has been separated honorably or under honorable conditions from the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Space Force, or the Coast Guard and who is receiving care and medical treatment from the Public Health Service or the Department of Veterans Affairs may buy subsistence supplies and other supplies, except articles of uniform, from the Navy and the Marine Corps at prices charged members of the naval service.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 471, § 7603; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title XVI, § 1621(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1602; renumbered § 8803, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(d)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3826; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title VI, § 642, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1938.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7603 | 34 U.S.C. 536. | June 5, 1920, ch. 240 (par. under “Purchase of Army Stores by Discharged Receiving Treatment from the Public Health Service”), 41 Stat. 976. |

The word “separated” is substituted for the word “discharged”. The words “under honorable conditions” are added since this provision is interpreted as benefiting personnel discharged under honorable conditions. The words “Air Force” are supplied under the authority of § 305(a) of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (). The words “Veterans’ Administration” are added under the authority of the , , which transferred care of veterans to the Veterans’ Bureau, the , , which transferred all hospitals under the jurisdiction of the Public Health Service to the Veterans’ Bureau, and the , , under which the President by Executive Order No. 5398, , transferred the Veterans’ Bureau to the Veterans’ Administration. The words “while undergoing such care and treatment” are omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024— substituted “, the Space Force, or the Coast Guard” for “, or the Space Force”.

2021— substituted “the Marine Corps, or the Space Force” for “or the Marine Corps”.

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1989— substituted “Department of Veterans Affairs” for “Veterans’ Administration”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .