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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "42 U.S.C. § 5059"
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description: "Legal expenses"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 42
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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chapter_number: "66"
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chapter_name: "DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICES"
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section: "5059"
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citation: "42 U.S.C. § 5059"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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---
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# 42 U.S.C. § 5059 - Legal expenses
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## Text
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law and pursuant to regulations which the Director shall prescribe, counsel may be employed and counsel fees, court costs, bail, and other expenses incidental to the defense of volunteers may be paid in judicial or administrative proceedings to which full-time volunteers (or part-time volunteers when such proceeding arises directly out of the performance of activities pursuant to this chapter) serving under this chapter have been made parties.
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(Pub. L. 93–113, title IV, § 419, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 413; Pub. L. 98–288, § 25, May 21, 1984, 98 Stat. 196; Pub. L. 99–551, § 10(g), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3078.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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References in TextThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–113, Oct. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 394, known as the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4950 of this title and Tables.
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Amendments1986—Pub. L. 99–551 substituted “to this chapter)” for “to this chapter”. 1984—Pub. L. 98–288 struck out “or section 637(b)(1) of title 15” after “pursuant to this chapter”.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective Date of 1986 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99–551 effective Oct. 1, 1986, except as otherwise provided, see section 11 of Pub. L. 99–551, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4950 of this title.
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