---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 3914"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "3914"
heading: "Extension of protections to citizens serving with allied forces"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/3914"
units:
  - "Chapter 50 — Servicemembers Civil Relief"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §3914. Extension of protections to citizens serving with allied forces


A citizen of the United States who is serving with the forces of a nation with which the United States is allied in the prosecution of a war or military action is entitled to the relief and protections provided under this chapter if that service with the allied force is similar to [military service](/usc/50/3911.md?p=2) as defined in this chapter. The relief and protections provided to such citizen shall terminate on the date of discharge or release from such service.


## Source credit

(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title I, § 104, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2839.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 514 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 104 of act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, art. I, as added Oct. 6, 1942, ch. 581, § 4, 56 Stat. 770, related to extension of benefits to citizens serving with forces of war allies, prior to the general amendment of this Act by Pub. L. 108–189.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable to any case not final before Dec. 19, 2003, see section 3 of Pub. L. 108–189, set out as a note under section 3901 of this title.