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[CITE: 10USC1147]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
    CHAPTER 58--BENEFITS AND SERVICES FOR MEMBERS BEING SEPARATED OR 
                           RECENTLY SEPARATED
 
Sec. 1147. Use of military family housing

    (a) Transition for Involuntarily Separated Members.--(1) The 
Secretary of a military department may, pursuant to regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, permit individuals who are 
involuntarily separated during the period beginning on October 1, 1990, 
and ending on December 31, 2001, to continue for not more than 180 days 
after the date of such separation to reside (along with other members of 
the individual's household) in military family housing provided or 
leased by the Department of Defense to such individual as a member of 
the armed forces.
    (2) The Secretary of Transportation may prescribe regulations to 
permit members of the Coast Guard who are involuntarily separated during 
the period beginning on October 1, 1994, and ending on December 31, 
2001, to continue for not more than 180 days after the date of such 
separation to reside (along with others of the member's household) in 
military family housing provided or leased by the Coast Guard to the 
individual as a member of the armed forces.
    (b) Rental Charges.--The Secretary concerned, pursuant to such 
regulations, shall require a reasonable rental charge for the continued 
use of military family housing under subsection (a), except that such 
Secretary may waive all or any portion of such charge in any case of 
hardship.

(Added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title V, Sec. 502(a)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 
104 Stat. 1556; amended Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title V, Sec. 561(i), 
Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1668; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title V, 
Sec. 542(a)(6), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2768; Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, 
title V, Sec. 561(j), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2026; Pub. L. 106-398, 
Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V, Sec. 571(j)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 
1654A-135.)


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-398 substituted ``December 31, 2001'' 
for ``September 30, 2001'' in pars. (1) and (2).
    1998--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105-261, Sec. 561(j)(1), substituted 
``during the period beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on 
September 30, 2001'' for ``during the nine-year period beginning on 
October 1, 1990''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 105-261, Sec. 561(j)(2), substituted 
``during the period beginning on October 1, 1994, and ending on 
September 30, 2001'' for ``during the five-year period beginning on 
October 1, 1994''.
    1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-337 designated existing provisions as 
par. (1) and added par. (2).
    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-160 substituted ``nine-year period'' 
for ``five-year period''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-337 applicable only to members of the Coast 
Guard who are separated after Sept. 30, 1994, see section 542(e) of Pub. 
L. 103-337, set out as a note under section 1141 of this title.
