The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ("SCRA") provides for the temporary suspension of judicial and administrative proceedings and transactions that may adversely affect the civil rights of servicemembers during their military service.

Congress enacted the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) so that veterans and applicants for service would suffer no detriment with reference to their service by having left their jobs. The USERRA also provides for reemployment rights.