Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§9563 Clothing: replacement when destroyed to prevent contagion
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART IV— - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT › Chapter CHAPTER 965— - ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL TO ARMED FORCES › § 9563
Summary
Air Force Secretary may replace clothes free for enlisted Air/Space members and hospital attendants if a medical officer ordered destruction to prevent spread.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §9563
Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of the Air Force may order a gratuitous issue of clothing to any enlisted member of the Air Force or the Space Force who has had a contagious disease, and to any hospital attendant who attended him while he had that disease, to replace clothing destroyed by order of a medical officer to prevent contagion.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 956310:834R.S. 1298. The words “enlisted member” are substituted for the word “soldiers”. The words “any articles of their” are omitted as surplusage. The words “while he had that disease” are inserted for clarity. The words “a medical officer” are substituted for the words “proper medical officers”. The words “on the recommendation of the Surgeon General” are omitted, since the Air Force does not have the statutory office of Surgeon General, and functions which, for the Army, are assigned by statute to subordinate officers of the Army are, for the Air Force, assigned to the Secretary of the Air Force.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 inserted “or the Space Force” after “member of the Air Force”.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 9563
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73