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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: "50 U.S.C. § 3902"
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description: "Purpose"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 50
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title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
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chapter_number: "50"
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chapter_name: "SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF"
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section: "3902"
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citation: "50 U.S.C. § 3902"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 50 U.S.C. § 3902 - Purpose
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## Text
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The purposes of this chapter are—
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(1) to provide for, strengthen, and expedite the national defense through protection extended by this chapter to servicemembers of the United States to enable such persons to devote their entire energy to the defense needs of the Nation; and
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(2) to provide for the temporary suspension of judicial and administrative proceedings and transactions that may adversely affect the civil rights of servicemembers during their military service.
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(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, § 2, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2836.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 502 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to this section were contained in section 100 of act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, art. I, 54 Stat. 1179, prior to the general amendment of this Act by Pub. L. 108–189.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DateSection 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.
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