Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 50 — Servicemembers Civil Relief
§ 4027. Guarantee of residency for spouses of servicemembers
Statutory text
For the purposes of establishing the residency of a spouse of a servicemember for any purpose (including the registration of a business), the spouse of a servicemember may elect to use the same residence as the servicemember regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Pub. L. 116–92 div. A title XVII § 1739(a) · 133 Stat. 1198
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 4027
Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VII, § 707, as added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1739(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1820
Source evidence
Code source credit
Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VII, § 707, as added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1739(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1820Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) In General.— Title VI of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “SEC. 707. GUARANTEE OF RESIDENCY FOR SPOUSES OF SERVICEMEMBERS. “For the purposes of establishing the residency of a spouse of a servicemember for any purpose (including the registration of a business), the spouse of a servicemember may elect to use the same residence as the servicemember regardless of the date on which the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember occurred.” .National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
Pub. L. 117–81 div. A title X § 1081(c) · 135 Stat. 1541
Changed · 50 U.S.C. § 4027
Pub. L. 117–81 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 116–92, § 1739(a)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 117–81 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 116–92, § 1739(a).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) NDAA for Fiscal Year 2020.— Effective as of December 20, 2019, and as if included therein as enacted, section 1739(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) 50 USC 4027 and note. is amended by striking “VI” and inserting “VII”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 117–81 made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 116–92, § 1739(a).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of of 2021 Amendment
Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1081(c), , 135 Stat. 1922, provided that the amendment made by section 1081(c) is effective .
Credits
1940–2021 · 2 acts
- 1940Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VII, § 707, as added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1739(a), , 133 Stat. 1820
- 2021amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1081(c), , 135 Stat. 1922.
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(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title VII, § 707, as added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1739(a), , 133 Stat. 1820; amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1081(c), , 135 Stat. 1922.)