4.0 Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act (SSCRA) and the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act (SCRA) Generally The SSCRA confers many important rights upon military personnel, especially Reserve component personnel called to active duty. On 19 December 2003, President Bush signed the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act (SCRA), a comprehensive rewrite of the SSCRA. The SCRA continues the protections included in the SSCRA and adds several important new protections. The following articles deal with the SSCRA and SCRA.

• *No. 066 Letter to the Department of Justice About the SSCRA. March-April 2003.
• No. 092 Going on the Offensive Using Section 590 of the SSCRA. October 2003.
• No. 116 Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act
• No. 09047 Improve The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
• No. 10085 Improve the SCRA: Progress Made and What Remains To Be Done
• No. 12045 Waiver of Rights Under SCRA
• No. 12046 Should We Tell the Employers Now or Wait?
• No. 12116 Contractor Employees in Afghanistan Are Not Protected by the SCRA or USERRA
• No. 13030 Important Recent Case on the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
• No. 13121 Maintaining Domicile and Avoiding State Income Tax while on National Guard AGR Tour
• No. 13152 The Service Members Civil Relief Act Does Not Bar all Lawsuits Against Active Duty Service Members
• No. 13158 Why are Service Members Treated Differently?
• No. 14008 SCRA and Disability Income Replacement Insurance
• No. 15061 The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act only Protects Service Members
• No. 15115 The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Has Moved
• No. 16019 Does Army National Guard Recruit Have Right to Get out of Apartment Lease?
• No. 16038 Pension Rights in a Defined Contribution Plan
• No. 16062 Waiver Provisions in the SCRA and USERRA
• No. 17036 USERRA and SCRA Coverage for National Guard Members Serving on “Full Time National Guard Duty”
• No. 17055 Don’t Carp about “Burdens” that Military Personnel Impose on the Rest of us
• No. 17059 Person Entering Military Service Has the Right To Terminate an Apartment Lease
• No. 17072 The Federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Does Not Apply to National Guard Members on Full-time National Guard Duty, but such Members May Have SCRA-type Rights under State Law.
• No. 17108 School Principal and School District Violate SCRA in their Treatment of Deployed Service Member regarding School Registration
• No. 17124 The SCRA and the Active Duty Service Member—Full-Time National Guard Duty Is Not Active Duty
• No. 17125 SCRA Coverage for National Guard Members on Title 32 Duty
• No. 19014 Small Sacrifices from all Will Make the All-Volunteer Military Work
• No. 19028 The SCRA Forbids Non-Judicial Foreclosure of the Personal or Real Property of the Active Duty Service Member
• No. 20037 USERRA Coverage of National Guard Members
• No. 20048 Do NOAA Corps Officers and PHS Corps Officers Have Rights as Service Members and Veterans?
• No. 20055 The SCRA Protects you from Having To Pay Personal Property Tax on the Vehicle that you Own, But Not a Vehicle you Lease
• No. 22031 The Fact that the Client Was Doing Business in Corporate Form Does Not Defeat her SCRA Rights.
• No. 23016 Unfair Loan Interest Charged Against Service Members: Act Before it’s Too Late
• No. 23019 Military Spouses can Transfer Professional Licenses or Certificates During Military Moves (except lawyers)

4.1 Right to Interest Rate Reduction upon Mobilization