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§8773 Quarters: Temporary; Transient Members
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps › Part IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 877— QUARTERS, UTILITIES, AND SERVICES › § 8773
Summary
The Navy may provide temporary rented housing to transient service members and their dependents for up to 60 days, and those members keep their basic housing allowance.
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Title 10, §8773
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Temporary quarters may be furnished on a rental basis to transient members of the naval service with their dependents, for periods not exceeding 60 days, without loss of entitlement to basic allowance for housing under section 403 of title 37.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7573[None].
April 4, 1944, ch. 165 (3d proviso on p. 190), 58 Stat. 190. The words “That effective
December 13, 1943” are omitted as executed. The word “quarters” is substituted for the word “housing” for uniformity. The words “basic allowance for quarters” are substituted for the words “rental allowance or money allowance for quarters” to conform to the terminology of § 302 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (37 U.S.C. 252).
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7573 of this title as this section. 1997—Pub. L. 105–85 substituted “basic allowance for housing under section 403 of title 37” for “basic allowance for quarters”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment 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 1997 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–85 effective Jan. 1, 1998, see section 603(e) of Pub. L. 105–85, set out as a note under section 5561 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8773
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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