Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

E165719

United States federal statute military law

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is a U.S. federal law that provides legal and financial protections to active-duty military personnel, particularly in areas such as housing, loans, and civil judicial proceedings.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act canonical	4
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940	3
An Act to amend title 50, United States Code, to restate and clarify the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, to revise the protections provided for servicemembers called to active duty, and for other purposes	1
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003	1
Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1445881 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
Context triple: [Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, enforces, Servicemembers Civil Relief Act]

A. Defense Base Act
The Defense Base Act is a U.S. federal workers’ compensation law that extends Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act protections to civilian employees working on U.S. military bases or under U.S. government contracts outside the United States.
B. Veterans’ Judicial Review Act
The Veterans’ Judicial Review Act is a landmark 1988 U.S. law that first granted veterans the right to judicial review of Department of Veterans Affairs benefits decisions by creating an independent federal court system for their appeals.
C. Military Justice Act of 1968
The Military Justice Act of 1968 is a U.S. federal law that significantly reformed the military justice system by enhancing procedural safeguards and aligning court-martial practices more closely with civilian criminal courts.
D. Military Justice Act of 1983
The Military Justice Act of 1983 is a U.S. federal law that significantly reformed the military justice system, enhancing procedural safeguards and aligning court-martial practices more closely with civilian criminal courts.
E. Burns-Porter Act
The Burns-Porter Act is a 1960 California bond measure and enabling law that financed and established the framework for the statewide State Water Project, one of the largest public water and power systems in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
Target entity description: The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is a U.S. federal law that provides legal and financial protections to active-duty military personnel, particularly in areas such as housing, loans, and civil judicial proceedings.

A. Defense Base Act
The Defense Base Act is a U.S. federal workers’ compensation law that extends Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act protections to civilian employees working on U.S. military bases or under U.S. government contracts outside the United States.
B. Veterans’ Judicial Review Act
The Veterans’ Judicial Review Act is a landmark 1988 U.S. law that first granted veterans the right to judicial review of Department of Veterans Affairs benefits decisions by creating an independent federal court system for their appeals.
C. Military Justice Act of 1968
The Military Justice Act of 1968 is a U.S. federal law that significantly reformed the military justice system by enhancing procedural safeguards and aligning court-martial practices more closely with civilian criminal courts.
D. Military Justice Act of 1983
The Military Justice Act of 1983 is a U.S. federal law that significantly reformed the military justice system, enhancing procedural safeguards and aligning court-martial practices more closely with civilian criminal courts.
E. Burns-Porter Act
The Burns-Porter Act is a 1960 California bond measure and enabling law that financed and established the framework for the statewide State Water Project, one of the largest public water and power systems in the United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ military law ⓘ
administeredBy	United States Department of Justice for enforcement ⓘ
allows	private right of action by aggrieved servicemembers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act modernization ⓘ
amendedBy	various subsequent acts of Congress expanding protections ⓘ
appliesTo	activated National Guard members under federal orders of more than 30 days ⓘ active-duty servicemembers ⓘ commissioned officers of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on active service ⓘ commissioned officers of the Public Health Service on active service ⓘ members of the Air Force ⓘ members of the Army ⓘ members of the Coast Guard when on active duty under Title 10 orders ⓘ members of the Marine Corps ⓘ members of the Navy ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 50 of the United States Code ⓘ
codifiedSections	50 U.S.C. §§ 3901–4043 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dateEnacted	2003-12-19 ⓘ
effectiveDate	2003-12-19 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
enforcedBy	Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ linked to: Civil Rights Division state attorneys general in some cases ⓘ
keyProvision	interest rate cap on certain pre-service debts at 6 percent per year during military service ⓘ protections against certain adverse actions by creditors based solely on assertion of SCRA rights ⓘ protections against eviction from primary residence under certain rent thresholds ⓘ protections against nonjudicial foreclosures on mortgages incurred before military service ⓘ protections regarding repossession of property purchased or leased under installment contracts ⓘ protections related to enforcement of storage liens ⓘ right to terminate automobile leases upon entering qualifying military service or deployment under certain conditions ⓘ right to terminate residential leases upon entering qualifying military service or receiving certain orders ⓘ stay of civil court and administrative proceedings when military service materially affects ability to appear ⓘ tolling of statutes of limitations during military service in some circumstances ⓘ
legalArea	civil procedure ⓘ consumer protection law ⓘ credit and lending law ⓘ housing law ⓘ
providesProtectionIn	automobile leases ⓘ civil judicial proceedings ⓘ credit card obligations ⓘ default judgments ⓘ evictions ⓘ foreclosures ⓘ installment contracts ⓘ mortgages ⓘ residential leases ⓘ taxes ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 108-189 ⓘ
purpose	to enable servicemembers to devote full attention to duty by providing temporary suspension of certain civil obligations ⓘ
relatedTo	Military Lending Act ⓘ
replaced	Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 ⓘ linked to: Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
shortName	SCRA ⓘ
signedBy	George W. Bush ⓘ

How these facts were elicited