Commissary Healthy Options and servicemember Welfare (CHOW) Act

This bill would allow the Secretary of Defense to run a pilot program giving junior enlisted service members a monthly coupon to buy food at military commissaries. The program could run at 2 military installations and would end no later than one year after it starts. The Secretary would set the coupon amount, and coupons could not be used for alcohol or tobacco. The coupons would be in addition to, not a replacement for, the basic allowance for subsistence and other meal programs. Within 90 days after the program ends, the Secretary would report the results to the congressional defense committees.

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Sponsors

• Raphael G. Warnock Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors