Section was formerly classified to section 594 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

A prior section 704 of act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, art. VII, as added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title XVI, § 1603, Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1276, related to guarantee of residency for military personnel, prior to the general amendment of this Act by Pub. L. 108–189. See section 4025 of this title.

2006—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 109–233, § 302(b), substituted “in a case in which the” for “if the”.

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–233, § 302(a), added subsec. (e).

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.