This chapter may be cited as the "Servicemembers Civil Relief Act". 50 U.S.C. § 3901 Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, §1(a), as added Pub. L. 108-189, §1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2835. EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATIONSection was formerly classified to section 501 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 1 of act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, 54 Stat. 1178, provided that this Act could be cited as the Soldiers' and Sailors'