42 USC § 1003 - Residence outside the United States

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s1003"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 1003 - Residence outside the United States"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1003"
section_name: "Residence outside the United States"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN WORLD WAR II VETERANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title VIII, § 803, as added Pub. L. 106–169, title II, § 251(a), Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 1845.)"
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# § 1003. Residence outside the United States

section 1001 of this title

For purposes of , with respect to any month, an individual shall be regarded as residing outside the United States if, on the first day of the month, the individual so resides outside the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title VIII, § 803, as added Pub. L. 106–169, title II, § 251(a), Dec. 14, 1999, 113 Stat. 1845.)

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