50 USC § 3902 - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s3902"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "50 USC § 3902 - Purpose"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3902"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 50
chapter_name: "SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, § 2, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2836.)"
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# § 3902. Purpose

The purposes of this chapter are—

**(1)** to provide for, strengthen, and expedite the national defense through protection extended by this chapter to servicemembers of the United States to enable such persons to devote their entire energy to the defense needs of the Nation; and

**(2)** to provide for the temporary suspension of judicial and administrative proceedings and transactions that may adversely affect the civil rights of servicemembers during their military service.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, § 2, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2836.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 502 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 100 of , art. I, , prior to the general amendment of this Act by .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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