The 54 Stat. 1178, known as the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, and amended by acts Oct. 6, 1942, ch. 581, 56 Stat. 769; July 3, 1944, ch. 397, 58 Stat. 722; Apr. 3, 1948, ch. 170, 62 Stat. 160; June 23, 1952, ch. 450, 66 Stat. 151; July 11, 1956, ch. 570, 70 Stat. 528; Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958 , 72 Stat. 1105; Pub. L. 86–721, Sept. 8, 1960 , 74 Stat. 820; Pub. L. 87–771, Oct. 9, 1962 , 76 Stat. 768; Pub. L. 89–358, Mar. 3, 1966 , 80 Stat. 12; Pub. L. 92–540, Oct. 24, 1972 , 86 Stat. 1074; Pub. L. 102–12, Mar. 18, 1991 , 105 Stat. 34; Pub. L. 104–106, Feb. 10, 1996 , 110 Stat. 186; Pub. L. 107–107, Dec. 28, 2001 , 115 Stat. 1012; Pub. L. 107–330, Dec. 6, 2002 , 116 Stat. 2820. Sections of the act Oct. 17, 1940 , are shown herein, however, as having been added by Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003 , 117 Stat. 2835, without reference to the intervening amendments listed above because of the extensive revision of act Oct. 17, 1940 , by Pub. L. 108–189.
Act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003 , 117 Stat. 2835, comprising this chapter, was formerly set out in the Appendix to this title, prior to the elimination of the Appendix to this title and the editorial reclassification of the Act as this chapter. For disposition of sections of the former Appendix to this title, see Table II, set out preceding section 1 of this title.