To direct the Secretary of Defense to allow members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who are at least 18 years old and less than 21 years old to purchase and consume beer and wine at certain locations on military installations.

Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who is at least 18 and less than 21 years old may purchase and consume beer and wine from a location on a military installation where such beer and wine is intended to be consumed on-site (including restaurants, enlisted clubs, and morale, welfare, and recreation facilities), if such member presents a valid common access card when making the purchase.

Provides an exception with respect to the purchase of beer and wine at: (1) Army-Air Force Exchange Services and Navy Exchange facilities; (2) shoppettes; and (3) other facilities that sell beer and wine to be consumed off-site.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5958 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5958

To direct the Secretary of Defense to allow members of the Armed Forces 
 serving on active duty who are at least 18 years old and less than 21 
years old to purchase and consume beer and wine at certain locations on 
                        military installations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2010

  Mr. Kingston (for himself and Mr. Taylor) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to allow members of the Armed Forces 
 serving on active duty who are at least 18 years old and less than 21 
years old to purchase and consume beer and wine at certain locations on 
                        military installations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PURCHASE AND CONSUMPTION OF BEER AND WINE BY MEMBERS OF THE 
              ARMED FORCES ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

    (a) Purchase and Consumption of Beer and Wine.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
        a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who is not 
        less than 18 years old and not yet 21 years old may purchase 
        and consume beer and wine from a location on a military 
        installation where such beer and wine is intended to be 
        consumed at the location (including restaurants, enlisted 
        clubs, and morale, welfare, and recreation facilities) if such 
        member presents a valid common access card when making such 
        purchase.
            (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 
        purchase of beer and wine at the following:
                    (A) Army-Air Force Exchange Services and Navy 
                Exchange facilities.
                    (B) Shoppettes.
                    (C) Other facilities that sell beer and wine to be 
                consumed offsite.
    (b) Off Base.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to 
allow a member of the Armed Forces who is less than 21 years old to 
transport beer or wine off of the military installation where such 
member purchased the beer or wine.
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