Quarters: accommodations in place of for members on sea duty

§ 7572. Quarters: accommodations in place of for members on sea duty (a) If public quarters are not available, the Secretary of the Navy may provide lodging accommodations for any— (1) member of the naval service; (2) member of the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy; or (3) member of the Coast and Geodetic Survey serving with the Navy; on sea duty who is deprived of his quarters on board ship because of repairs or because of other conditions that make his quarters uninhabitable. Lodging accommodations so provided may not be occupied by the member’s dependents. (b) Under such regulations as the Secretary prescribes, any officer of the naval service on sea duty who is deprived of his quarters on board ship because of repairs or because of other conditions that make his quarters uninhabitable, and who is not entitled to basic allowance for quarters, may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in obtaining quarters, in an amount not more than the basic allowance for quarters of an officer of his grade, if it is impracticable to furnish accommodations under subsection (a). (c) The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by subsection (a) to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.