10 USC § 8776 - Quarters: extension telephones

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8776"
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title: "10 USC § 8776 - Quarters: extension telephones"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8776"
section_name: "Quarters: extension telephones"
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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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 469, § 7576; 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 § 8776, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)"
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# § 8776. Quarters: extension telephones

**(a)** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy appropriated funds may be used to pay the cost of installation and use, other than for personal long distance calls, of extension telephones connecting public quarters occupied by personnel in the following categories with the switchboards of their official stations:

**(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, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section, except the authority to prescribe regulations, to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 469, § 7576; 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 § 8776, 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) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7576 | 34 U.S.C. 915a. | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 4, 60 Stat. 853. |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 412a. | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 39, 60 Stat. 858. |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 421g(d). | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 40(d), 60 Stat. 858. |

In subsection (a) the words “appropriated funds” are substituted for the words “naval appropriations”, and the definition of “naval personnel” in , which is applicable to this section, is executed. In executing this definition the words “while on active duty” are omitted as unnecessary, since a member not on active duty would not have an official station within the meaning of this section.

## 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 .