---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 8247"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "8247"
heading: "Sale of meals by general messes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/8247"
units:
  - "Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 827 — Rations"
---

# §8247. Sale of meals by general messes


Under such regulations as the [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1) prescribes, meals may be sold by general messes afloat and ashore.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 381, § 6087; renumbered § 8247, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(8), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1835.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6087 | 34 U.S.C. 915b(c). | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 16(c), 60 Stat. 855. |

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 8251 and 8252 were renumbered sections 9131 and 9132 of this title.

Another prior section 8252, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 503, provided that temporary enlistments could be made only in Air Force without specification of component, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–235, § 2(a)(4)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 756.

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6087 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.