# § 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:
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.
**(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.
**(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.
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**Source Credit**: (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.)
| 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 , 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— renumbered as this section.
1980—Subsec. (a)(3). substituted “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration” for “Environmental Science Services Administration”.
1966—Subsec. (a)(3). substituted “Environmental Science Services Administration” for “Coast and Geodetic Survey”.
## 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 .
### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Repeals
The directory language of, but not the amendment made by, , , , cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by , , .
### 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 , as modified, set out as a note under .
### Charges for Excess Energy Consumption; Deposit of Proceeds; Applicability; Implementation
Assessment of members for excess energy consumption in military family housing facilities, see , title V, , , set out as a note under .