10 USC § 8773 - Quarters: temporary; transient members

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title: "10 USC § 8773 - Quarters: temporary; transient members"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8773"
section_name: "Quarters: temporary; transient members"
chapter_number: 877
chapter_name: "QUARTERS, UTILITIES, AND SERVICES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 468, § 7573; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VI, § 603(d)(2)(E), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1783; renumbered § 8773, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)"
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# § 8773. Quarters: temporary; transient members

section 403 of title 37

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 .

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 468, § 7573; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VI, § 603(d)(2)(E), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1783; renumbered § 8773, 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) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7573 | [None]. | April 4, 1944, ch. 165 (3d proviso on p. 190), 58 Stat. 190. |

The words “That effective ” 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 ().

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1997— substituted “basic allowance for housing under ” for “basic allowance for quarters”.

## 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 1997 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.