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Article: Help at home: new law goes further to protect deployed service members.
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- Citizen Airman
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- April 1, 2004
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A new law replacing the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 provides service members greater protections to handle personal financial and legal obligations. President Bush signed the Service Members' Civil Relief Act into law Dec. 19.
"The focus of the (new act) is the same as under the SSCRA: to provide protections to service members who have difficulty meeting their personal financial and legal obligations because of their military service," said Lt. Col. Patrick Lindemann, deputy director for legal policy in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
The new law clarifies and updates SSCRA provisions and adds ...