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Subtitle E—Commissary and Non-
appropriated Fund Instrumen-
tality Benefits 
SEC. 661. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED LEVEL OF SUPPLIES 
AND SERVICES PROCUREMENT FROM OVER-
SEAS EXCHANGE STORES. 
Subsection 2424(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$100,000’’. 
SEC. 662. REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE OPERATION OF 
COMMISSARY STORE FUNCTIONS. 
Section 2485(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Until December 31, 2010, the Defense Com-
missary Agency is not required to conduct any cost-com-
parison study under the policies and procedures of Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–76 relating to the 
possible contracting out of commissary store functions.’’. 
SEC. 663. PROVISION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
SERVICES 
FOR 
ACCOMMODATIONS 
PRO-
VIDED BY NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRU-
MENTALITIES FOR WOUNDED MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY
TO PROVIDE SERVICES.—Section 
2494 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) UTILITY SERVICES.—’’ 
before ‘‘Appropriations’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.—Ap-
propriations for the Department of Defense may be used 
to provide information technology services, including 
equipment and access to the internet, for—
‘‘(1) Fisher Houses and Fisher Suites associ-
ated with health care facilities of a military depart-
ment; and 
‘‘(2) other accommodations made available by a 
nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Depart-
ment of Defense to members of the Armed Forces 
recovering from a wound or injury or to dependents 
of such members.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2494. Nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: fur-
nishing certain services for morale, wel-
fare, and recreation purposes’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of subchapter III of chapter 147 of 
such title is amended by striking the item relating
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to section 2494 and inserting the following new 
item:
‘‘2494. Nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: furnishing certain services for 
morale, welfare, and recreation purposes.’’.
SEC. 664. PROVISION OF AND PAYMENT FOR OVERSEAS 
TRANSPORTATION 
SERVICES 
FOR 
COM-
MISSARY AND EXCHANGE SUPPLIES. 
Section 2643 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) TRANSPORTATION OP-
TIONS.—’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’; 
(2) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘by sea 
without relying on the Military Sealift Command’’ 
and inserting ‘‘to destinations outside the conti-
nental United States without relying on the Air Mo-
bility Command, the Military Sealift Command’’; 
(3) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘trans-
portation contracts’’ and inserting ‘‘contracts for 
sea-borne transportation’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) PAYMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COSTS.—Sec-
tion 2483(b)(5) of this title, regarding the use of appro-
priated funds to cover the expenses of operating com-
missary stores, shall apply to the transportation of com-
missary supplies. Appropriated funds for the Department