Base Responders’ Essential Needs and Dining Access Act

Bill: 116-hr-5621
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2020-01-15
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Military facilities and property

Military personnel and dependents

Retail and wholesale trades
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Base Responders&rsquo; Essential Needs and Dining Access Act or the BRENDA Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows a protective services civilian employee (e.g., security guard) at a military installation to purchase food and hygiene items at the installation's commissary store or morale, welfare, and recreation retail facility.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5621 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2020 Mr. Waltz (for himself and Mr. Cisneros ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to protective services civilian employees.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Base Responders’ Essential Needs and Dining Access Act or BRENDA Act . 2. Extension of certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges to protective services civilian employees (a) In general Chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 1066. Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: protective services civilian employees (a) Eligibility of protective services civilian employees An individual employed as a protective services civilian employee at a military installation shall be permitted to purchase food and hygiene items at a commissary store or MWR retail facility located on that military installation. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) The term MWR retail facility has the meaning given that term in section 1063 of this title. (2) The term protective services civilian employee means a position in any of the following series (or successor classifications) of the General Schedule: (A) Security Administration (GS–0080). (B) Fire Protection and Prevention (GS–0081). (C) Police (GS–0083). (D) Security Guard (GS–0085). (E) Emergency Management (GS–0089). . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 1066. Use of commissary stores and MWR facilities: protective services civilian employees. .