source:
  type: regulation
  id: scra-50usc-3933
  authority: SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.) § 3933 — Fines and penalties under contracts
  description: 'SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.), §3933 Fines and penalties under contracts. Captured
    section-complete from Cornell LII (verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: scra-50usc-3933-a
  canonical_id: scra-50usc-3933-a
  section: 50 U.S.C. §3933(a)
  description: 'Fines and penalties under contracts — (a): (a) Prohibition of penalties When an action for compliance
    with the terms of a contract is stayed pursuant to this chapter, a penalty shall not accrue for failure to comply
    with the terms of the contract during the period of the stay.'
  type: dont
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.) § 3933
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3933
    snapshot_id: a5e160a69303834c
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:6aa772190287f6ea36a1f22948126f7c25dd7bcd4b9ad733805cc7a95816e8f1
    paragraph_quote: (a) Prohibition of penalties When an action for compliance with the terms of a contract is
      stayed pursuant to this chapter, a penalty shall not accrue for failure to comply with the terms of the contract
      during the period of the stay.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 50 U.S.C. §3933 subsection (a) from Cornell LII snapshot a5e160a69303834c;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: scra-50usc-3933-b
  canonical_id: scra-50usc-3933-b
  section: 50 U.S.C. §3933(b)
  description: 'Fines and penalties under contracts — (b): (b) Reduction or waiver of fines or penalties If a servicemember
    fails to perform an obligation arising under a contract and a penalty is incurred arising from that nonperformance,
    a court may reduce or waive the fine or penalty if— (1) the servicemember was in military service at the time
    the fine …'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: SCRA (Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C.) § 3933
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3933
    snapshot_id: a5e160a69303834c
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:6aa772190287f6ea36a1f22948126f7c25dd7bcd4b9ad733805cc7a95816e8f1
    paragraph_quote: (b) Reduction or waiver of fines or penalties If a servicemember fails to perform an obligation
      arising under a contract and a penalty is incurred arising from that nonperformance, a court may reduce or
      waive the fine or penalty if— (1) the servicemember was in military service at the time the fine or penalty
      was incurred; and (2) the ability of the servicemember to perform the obligation was materially affected by
      such military service . (Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title II, § 203, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1 , Dec. 19,
      2003 , 117 Stat. 2843 .)
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 50 U.S.C. §3933 subsection (b) from Cornell LII snapshot a5e160a69303834c;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
