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50 U.S.C. § 4026 — Guarantee of residency for military personnel and spouses of military personnel
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**(a) In general** For the purposes of voting for any Federal office (as defined in [section 30101 of title 52](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section30101&num=0&edition=prelim)) or a State or local office, a person who is absent from a State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence—
(1) be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in that State, without regard to whether or not the person intends to return to that State;
(2) be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or
(3) be deemed to have become a resident in or a resident of any other State.
**(b) Spouses** For the purposes of voting for any Federal office (as defined in [section 30101 of title 52](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section30101&num=0&edition=prelim)) or a State or local office—
(1) a person who is absent from a State because the person is accompanying the person’s spouse who is absent from that same State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence—
(A) be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in that State, without regard to whether or not the person intends to return to that State;
(B) be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or
(C) be deemed to have become a resident in or a resident of any other State; and
(2) 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.
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**(a) In general** For the purposes of voting for any Federal office (as defined in [section 30101 of title 52](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section30101&num=0&edition=prelim)) or a State or local office, a person who is absent from a State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence—
(1) be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in that State, without regard to whether or not the person intends to return to that State;
(2) be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or
(3) be deemed to have become a resident in or a resident of any other State.
**(b) Spouses** For the purposes of voting for any Federal office (as defined in [section 30101 of title 52](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section30101&num=0&edition=prelim)) or a State or local office—
(1) a person who is absent from a State because the person is accompanying the person’s spouse who is absent from that same State in compliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely by reason of that absence—
(A) be deemed to have lost a residence or domicile in that State, without regard to whether or not the person intends to return to that State;
(B) be deemed to have acquired a residence or domicile in any other State; or
(C) be deemed to have become a resident in or a resident of any other State; and
(2) 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.
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When used in this Act:
(1) The term “election” means—
(A) a general, special, primary, or runoff election;
(B) a convention or caucus of a political party which has authority to nominate a candidate;
(C) a primary election held for the selection of delegates to a national nominating convention of a political party; and
(D) a primary election held for the expression of a preference for the nomination of individuals for election to the office of President.
(2) The term “candidate” means an individual who seeks nomination for election, or election, to Federal office, and for purposes of this paragraph, an individual shall be deemed to seek nomination for election, or election—
(A) if such individual has received contributions aggregating in excess of $5,000 or has made expenditures aggregating in excess of $5,000; or
(B) if such individual has given his or her consent to another person to receive contributions or make expenditures on behalf of such individual and if such person has received such contributions aggregating in excess of $5,000 or has made such expenditures aggregating in excess of $5,000.
(3) The term “Federal office” means the office of President or Vice President, or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
(4) The term “political committee” means—
(A) any committee, club, association, or other group of persons which receives contributions aggregating in excess of $1,000 during a calendar year or which makes expenditures aggregating in excess of $1,000 during a calendar year; or
(B) any separate segregated fund established under the provisions of [section 30118(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section30118/b&num=0&edition=prelim);
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**(a) In general** Any person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may in a civil action—
(1) obtain any appropriate equitable or declaratory relief with respect to the violation;
(2) recover all other appropriate relief, including monetary damages; and
(3) be a representative party on behalf of members of a class or be a member of a class, in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, notwithstanding any previous agreement to the contrary.
**(b) Costs and attorney fees** The court may award to a person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter who prevails in an action brought under subsection (a) the costs of the action, including a reasonable attorney fee.
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**(a) Applicability** This section applies to a servicemember who—
(1) after July 31, 1990, is ordered to active duty (other than for training) pursuant to sections 688, 12301(a), 12301(g), 12302, 12304, 12306, or 12307 of title 10 or who is ordered to active duty under section 12301(d) of such title during a period when members are on active duty pursuant to any of the preceding sections; and
(2) immediately before receiving the order to active duty—
(A) was engaged in the furnishing of health-care or legal services or other services determined by the Secretary of Defense to be professional services; and
(B) had in effect a professional liability insurance policy that does not continue to cover claims filed with respect to the servicemember during the period of the servicemember’s active duty unless the premiums are paid for such coverage for such period.
**(b) Suspension of coverage**
(1) **Suspension** — Coverage of a servicemember referred to in subsection (a) by a professional liability insurance policy shall be suspended by the insurance carrier in accordance with this subsection upon receipt of a written request from the servicemember by the insurance carrier.
(2) **Premiums for suspended contracts** — A professional liability insurance carrier—
(A) may not require that premiums be paid by or on behalf of a servicemember for any professional liability insurance coverage suspended pursuant to paragraph (1); and
(B) shall refund any amount paid for coverage for the period of such suspension or, upon the election of such servicemember, apply such amount for the payment of any premium becoming due upon the reinstatement of such coverage.
(3) **Nonliability of carrier during suspension** — A professional liability insurance carrier shall not be liabl
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 4026
subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect
on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act [Dec. 31, 2018].’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2009 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 111–97, § 2(c), Nov. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 3007, pro-
vided that: ‘‘Subsection (b) of section 705 of such Act
[Servicemembers Civil Relief Act] (50 U.S.C. App. 595)
[now 50 U.S.C. 4025], as added by subsection (a) of this
section, shall apply with respect to absences from
States described in such subsection (b) on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 11, 2009], re-
gardless of the date of the military or naval order con-
cerned.’’
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section applicable to any case not final before Dec.
19, 2003, see section 3 of Pub. L. 108–189, set out as a
note under section 3901 of this title.
§ 4025a. Portability of professional licenses of
servicemembers and their spouses
(a) In general
If a servicemember or the spouse of a
servicemember has a covered license and relo-
cates residence because such servicemember re-
ceives military orders for military service in a
State other than the State of the licensing au-
thority that issued the covered license, such
covered license shall be considered valid for the
scope of practice in the State of the new resi-
dence if such servicemember or spouse submits
to the licensing authority of such State an ap-
plication described in subsection (c).
(b) Temporary licenses
If a licensing authority is required to consider
a covered license valid under subsection (a) but
cannot carry out such requirement during the 30
days after receiving an application described in
subsection (c), the licensing authority may issue
to the applicant a temporary license that con-
fe
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