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text: U.S.C. Title 10 - ARMED FORCES 10 U.S.C. United States Code, 2024 Edition Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 877 - QUARTERS, UTILITIES, AND SERVICES Sec. 8771 - Quarters or other accommodations: to whom furnished From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov §8771. Quarters or other accommodations: to whom furnished (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy prescribes, public quarters including heat, light, water, and refrigeration may be furnished for personnel in the following categories who are on active duty: (1) Members of the naval service. (2) Members of the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy. (3) Members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration serving with the Navy. If public quarters are not available for any such member, the Secretary may provide lodging accommodations for him. Lodging accommodations so provided may not be occupied by the member's dependents. (b) The Secretary may determine in any case whether public quarters are available within the meaning of any provision of law relating to the assignment of or commutation for public quarters. (c) The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by subsection (a), except the authority to prescribe regulations, to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without authority to make successive redelegations. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 467, §7571; Pub. L. 89–718, §8(a), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1117; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, §513(41), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2935; renumbered §8771, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.) Historical and Revision Notes Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 7571(a) 34 U.S.C. 911a (less applicability to members on sea duty). Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, §15 (less applicability to members on sea duty), 60 Stat. 854. 5 U.S.C. 421g(b). Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, §40(b), 60 Stat. 858. 7571(b) 34 U.S.C. 911. July 1, 1918, ch. 114, 40 Stat. 718 (4th par.). 7571(c) 5 U.S.C. 412a. Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, §39, 60 Stat. 858. In subsection (a) the words "including members of the Nurse Corps" are omitted as surplusage, and the definition of "naval personnel" in 5 U.S.C. 421g, which is applicable to this subsection, is executed. In subsection (b) the words "in any case whether public quarters are available" are substituted for the words "where and when there are no public quarters". The words "for persons in the Navy and Marine Corps, or serving therewith" are omitted, since these classes of personnel for whom the Secretary makes the determination of availability are the same as those who may be furnished quarters under subsection (a). Editorial Notes Amendments 2018 —Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7571 of this title as this section. 1980 —Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 96–513 substituted "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration" for "Environmental Science Services Administration". 1966 —Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 89–718 substituted "Environmental Science Services Administration" for "Coast and Geodetic Survey". 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. Effective Date of 1980 Amendment Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title. Repeals The directory language of, but not the amendment made by, Pub. L. 89–718, §8(a), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1117, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 97–295, §6(b), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1314. Transfer of Functions For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. Charges for Excess Energy Consumption; Deposit of Proceeds; Applicability; Implementation Assessment of members for excess energy consumption in military family housing facilities, see section 507 of Pub. L. 95–82, title V, Aug. 1, 1977, 91 Stat. 372, set out as a note under section 4593 of this title.