To authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to assess the efficacy of providing junior enlisted members of the Armed Forces a monthly coupon for use in procuring food at commissaries.

HR 6586 authorizes a one-year pilot program testing monthly coupons for junior enlisted military members living in government-provided housing without families, allowing them to buy food at military commissaries. The coupons must be used only for food (not alcohol or tobacco) and supplement, not replace, existing food benefits like the basic subsistence allowance. The program will run at two selected military installations and require a report on coupon usage, member satisfaction, and impacts on commissary vs. dining facility use after the pilot ends. This aims to address food access challenges for this specific group, focusing on concrete policy changes rather than outcomes.