10 USC § 9593 - Quarters: heat and light

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s9593"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 9593 - Quarters: heat and light"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9593"
section_name: "Quarters: heat and light"
chapter_number: 967
chapter_name: "UTILITIES AND SERVICES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 578; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(e)(7), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3816.)"
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# § 9593. Quarters: heat and light

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

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 578; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 923(e)(7), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3816.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 9593 | 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 functions.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— inserted “and members of the Space Force” after “the Air Force”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### 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 .