10 USC § 7593 - Quarters: heat and light

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s7593"
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title: "10 USC § 7593 - Quarters: heat and light"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7593"
section_name: "Quarters: heat and light"
chapter_number: 767
chapter_name: "UTILITIES AND SERVICES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 257, § 4593; renumbered § 7593, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)"
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# § 7593. Quarters: heat and light

The heat and light necessary for the authorized quarters of members of the Army shall be furnished at the expense of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 257, § 4593; renumbered § 7593, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 4593 | 10:723. | Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2511 (1st proviso under “Quartermaster’s Department”), 34 Stat. 1167. |

The word “members” is substituted for the words “officers and enlisted men”. The words “under such regulations as the Secretary of the Army may prescribe”, are omitted, since the Secretary has inherent authority to issue regulations appropriate to exercising his statutory function.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .