---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9593"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9593"
heading: "Quarters: heat and light"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9593"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Procurement"
  - "Chapter 967 — Utilities and Services"
---

# §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](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1).


## 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.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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—Pub. L. 116–283 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 section 507 of Pub. L. 95–82, title V, Aug. 1, 1977, 91 Stat. 372, set out as a note under section 4593 of this title.