---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 8777"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "8777"
heading: "Quarters: Nurse Corps officers; assignment in hospitals"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/8777"
units:
  - "Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps"
  - "Part IV — General Administration"
  - "Chapter 877 — Quarters, Utilities, and Services"
---

# §8777. Quarters: Nurse Corps officers; assignment in hospitals


Under such regulations as the [Secretary](/usc/10/8720.md?p=4) of the [Navy](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-1) prescribes, [officers](/usc/10/8001.md?p=a-5) in the Nurse Corps may be assigned quarters in naval hospitals.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 469, § 7577; renumbered § 8777, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(9), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1837.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 7577 | 34 U.S.C. 43h(a) (2d proviso, less 1st 21 words). | Apr. 16, 1947, ch. 38, § 208(a) (2d proviso, less 1st 25 words), 61 Stat. 50. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7577 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.