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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 475. Leasing and hiring of quarters; rental of inadequate housing
(a) The Secretary is authorized to lease housing facilities at or
near Coast Guard installations, wherever located, for assignment as
public quarters to military personnel and their dependents, if any,
without rental charge upon a determination by the Secretary, or his
designee, that there is a lack of adequate housing facilities at or
near such Coast Guard installations. The Secretary is also
authorized to lease housing facilities for assignment as public
quarters, without rental charge, to military personnel who are on
sea duty or duty at remote offshore Coast Guard stations and who do
not have dependents. Such authority shall be effective in any
fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided
in appropriation Acts. When any such lease involves housing
facilities in a foreign country, the lease may be made on a
multiyear basis for a period not to exceed five years, and, in
accordance with local custom and practice, advance payment may be
made for the lease. Such public housing facilities may be leased on
an individual or multiple-unit basis. Expenditures for the rental
of such housing facilities may not exceed the average authorized
for the Department of Defense in any year except where the
Secretary finds that the average is so low as to prevent rental of
necessary housing facilities in some areas, in which event he is
authorized to reallocate existing funds to high-cost areas so that
rental expenditures in such areas exceed the average authorized for
the Department of Defense.
(b) The Secretary is authorized, subject to regulations approved
by the President -
(1) to designate as rental housing such housing as he may
determine to be inadequate as public quarters; and
(2) to lease inadequate housing to members of the Coast Guard
for occupancy by them and their dependents.
(c) Where sufficient quarters are not possessed by the United
States, the Commandant may hire quarters for personnel, including
personnel on sea duty at such times as they may be deprived of
their quarters on board ship due to repairs or other conditions
which may render them uninhabitable. Such accommodations shall not
be available for occupancy by the dependents of such personnel.
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