§ 3803. Persons liable for training and service
(a) Age limits; training in National Security
Training Corps; physical and mental fitness;
adequate training facilities; assignment to
stations and units; training period; medical
specialist categories
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
every person required to register pursuant to
section 3802 of this chapter who is between the
ages of eighteen years and six months and twen-
ty-six years, at the time fixed for his registra-
tion, or who attains the age of eighteen years
and six months after having been required to
register pursuant to section 3802 of this title, or
who is otherwise liable as provided in section
3806(h) of this title, shall be liable for training
and service in the Armed Forces of the United
States: Provided, That each registrant shall be
immediately liable for classification and exam-
ination, and shall, as soon as practicable fol-
lowing his registration, be so classified and ex-
amined, both physically and mentally, in order
to determine his availability for induction for
training and service in the Armed Forces: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any registrant who has failed
or refused to report for induction shall continue
to remain liable for induction and when avail-
able shall be immediately inducted. The Presi-
dent is authorized, from time to time, whether
or not a state of war exists, to select and induct
into the Armed Forces of the United States for
training and service in the manner provided in
this chapter (including but not limited to selec-
tion and induction by age group or age groups)
such number of persons as may be required to
provide and maintain the strength of the Armed
Forces.
At such time as the period of
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present themselves for registration prior to January 5,
1981.
1–106. Aliens who would be required to present them-
selves for registration pursuant to Sections 1–101 to
1–105, but who are in processing centers on the dates
fixed for registration, shall present themselves for reg-
istration within 30 days after their release from such
centers.
1–107. Aliens and noncitizen nationals of the United
States who reside in the United States, but who are ab-
sent from the United States on the days fixed for their
registration, shall present themselves for registration
within 30 days after their return to the United States.
1–108. Aliens and noncitizen nationals of the United
States who, on or after July 1, 1980, come into and re-
side in the United States shall present themselves for
registration in accordance with Sections 1–101 to 1–105
or within 30 days after coming into the United States,
whichever is later.
1–109. Persons who would have been required to
present themselves for registration pursuant to Sec-
tions 1–101 to 1–108 but for an exemption pursuant to
Section 3 or 6(a) of the Military Selective Service Act,
as amended [50 U.S.C. 3802, 3806(a)], or but for some con-
dition beyond their control such as hospitalization or
incarceration, shall present themselves for registration
within 30 days after the cause for their exempt status
ceases to exist or within 30 days after the termination
of the condition which was beyond their control.
1–2. PLACES AND TIMES FOR REGISTRATION
1–201. Persons who are required to be registered and
who are in the United States shall register at the
places and by the means designated by the Director of
Selective Service. These places and means may include
but are not limited to any classified United States Post
Office, the Selective Service Internet web site, tele-
phonic registration, registration on approved Govern-
ment forms, registration through high school and col-
lege registrars, and the Selective Service reminder
mailback card.
1–202. Citizens of the United States who are required
to be registered and who are not in the United States,
shall register via any of the places and methods author-
ized by the Director of Selective Service pursuant to
paragraph 1–201 or present themselves at a United
States Embassy or Consulate for registration before a
diplomatic or consular officer of the United States or
before a registrar duly appointed by a diplomatic or
consular officer of the United States.
1–203. The hours for registration in United States
Post Offices shall be the business hours during the days
of operation of the particular United States Post Of-
fice. The hours for registration in United States Em-
bassies and Consulates shall be those prescribed by the
United States Embassies and Consulates.
1–3. MANNER OF REGISTRATION
1–301. Persons who are required to be registered shall
comply with the registration procedures and other
rules and regulations prescribed by the Director of Se-
lective Service.
1–302. When reporting for registration each person
shall present for inspection reasonable evidence of his
identity. After registration, each person shall keep the
Selective Service System informed of his current ad-
dress.
Having proclaimed these requirements for registra-
tion, I urge everyone, including employers in the pri-
vate and public sectors, to cooperate with and assist
those persons who are required to be registered in order
to ensure a timely and complete registration. Also, I
direct the heads of Executive agencies, when requested
by the Director of Selective Service and to the extent
permitted by law, to cooperate and assist in carrying
out the purposes of this Proclamation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand this second day of July, in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and eighty, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the two hundred and
fourth.
JIMMY CARTER.
§ 3803. Persons liable for training and service
(a) Age limits; training in National Security
Training Corps; physical and mental fitness;
adequate training facilities; assignment to
stations and units; training period; medical
specialist categories
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
every person required to register pursuant to
section 3802 of this chapter who is between the
ages of eighteen years and six months and twen-
ty-six years, at the time fixed for his registra-
tion, or who attains the age of eighteen years
and six months after having been required to
register pursuant to section 3802 of this title, or
who is otherwise liable as provided in section
3806(h) of this title, shall be liable for training
and service in the Armed Forces of the United
States: Provided, That each registrant shall be
immediately liable for classification and exam-
ination, and shall, as soon as practicable fol-
lowing his registration, be so classified and ex-
amined, both physically and mentally, in order
to determine his availability for induction for
training and service in the Armed Forces: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any registrant who has failed
or refused to report for induction shall continue
to remain liable for induction and when avail-
able shall be immediately inducted. The Presi-
dent is authorized, from time to time, whether
or not a state of war exists, to select and induct
into the Armed Forces of the United States for
training and service in the manner provided in
this chapter (including but not limited to selec-
tion and induction by age group or age groups)
such number of persons as may be required to
provide and maintain the strength of the Armed
Forces.
At such time as the period of active service in
the Armed Forces required under this chapter of
persons who have not attained the nineteenth
anniversary of the day of their birth has been re-
duced or eliminated pursuant to the provisions
of subsection (k), and except as otherwise pro-
vided in this chapter, every person who is re-
quired to register under this chapter and who
has not attained the nineteenth anniversary of
the day of his birth on the date such period of
active service is reduced or eliminated or who is
otherwise liable as provided in section 3806(h) of
this title, shall be liable for training in the Na-
tional Security Training Corps: Provided, That
persons deferred under the provisions of section
3806 of this title shall not be relieved from liabil-
ity for induction into the National Security
Training Corps solely by reason of having ex-
ceeded the age of nineteen years during the pe-
riod of such deferment. The President is author-
ized, from time to time, whether or not a state
of war exists, to select and induct for training in
the National Security Training Corps as herein-
after provided such number of persons as may be
required to further the purposes of this chapter.
No person shall be inducted into the Armed
Forces for training and service or shall be in-
ducted for training in the National Security
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Training Corps under this chapter until his ac-
ceptability in all respects, including his physical
and mental fitness, has been satisfactorily de-
termined under standards prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Defense: Provided, That the minimum
standards for physical acceptability established
pursuant to this subsection shall not be higher
than those applied to persons inducted between
the ages of 18 and 26 in January 1945: Provided
further, That the passing requirement for the
Armed Forces Qualification Test shall be fixed
at a percentile score of 10 points: And provided
further, That except in time of war or national
emergency declared by the Congress the stand-
ards and requirements fixed by the preceding
two provisos may be modified by the President
under such rules and regulations as he may pre-
scribe.
No persons shall be inducted for such training
and service until adequate provision shall have
been made for such shelter, sanitary facilities,
water supplies, heating and lighting arrange-
ments, medical care, and hospital accommoda-
tions for such persons as may be determined by
the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of
Homeland Security to be essential to the public
and personal health.
The persons inducted into the Armed Forces
for training and service under this chapter shall
be assigned to stations or units of such forces.
Persons inducted into the land forces of the
United States pursuant to this chapter shall be
deemed to be members of the Army of the
United States; persons inducted into the naval
forces of the United States pursuant to this
chapter shall be deemed to be members of the
United States Navy or the United States Marine
Corps or the United States Coast Guard, as ap-
propriate; and persons inducted into the air
forces of the United States pursuant to this
chapter shall be deemed to be members of the
Air Force of the United States.
Every person inducted into the Armed Forces
pursuant to the authority of this subsection
after June 19, 1951, shall, following his induc-
tion, be given full and adequate military train-
ing for service in the armed force into which he
is inducted for a period of not less than twelve
weeks, and no such person shall, during this
twelve weeks period, be assigned for duty at any
installation located on land outside the United
States, its Territories and possessions (including
the Canal Zone): Provided, That no funds appro-
priated by the Congress shall be used for the
purpose of transporting or maintaining in viola-
tion of the provisions of this paragraph any per-
son inducted into, or enlisted, appointed, or or-
dered to active duty in, the Armed Forces under
the provisions of this chapter.
No person, without his consent, shall be in-
ducted for training and service in the Armed
Forces or for training in the National Security
Training Corps under this chapter, except as
otherwise provided herein, after he has attained
the twenty-sixth anniversary of the day of his
birth.
(b) Length of service; release of individuals ac-
cepted into Army National Guard, Air Na-
tional Guard, and other Reserve components
Each person inducted into the Armed Forces
under the provisions of subsection (a) of this
section shall serve on active training and serv-
ice for a period of twenty-four consecutive
months, unless sooner released, transferred, or
discharged in accordance with procedures pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Defense (or the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security with respect to the
United States Coast Guard) or as otherwise pre-
scribed by subsection (d). The Secretaries of the
Army, Navy, and Air Force, with the approval of
the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of
Homeland Security with respect to the United
States Coast Guard), may provide, by regula-
tions which shall be as nearly uniform as prac-
ticable, for the release from training and service
in the armed forces prior to serving the periods
required by this subsection of individuals who
volunteered for and are accepted into organized
units of the Army National Guard and Air Na-
tional Guard and other reserve components.
(c) Opportunity to enlist in Regular Army; vol-
untary induction; volunteers under 18 years
old
(1) Under the provisions of applicable laws and
regulations any person between the ages of
eighteen years and six months and twenty-six
years shall be offered an opportunity to enlist in
the regular army for a period of service equal to
that prescribed in subsection (b) of this section:
Provided, That, notwithstanding the provisions
of this or any other Act, any person so enlisting
shall not have his enlistment extended without
his consent until after a declaration of war or
national emergency by the Congress after June
19, 1951.
(2) Any enlisted member of any reserve compo-
nent of the Armed Forces may, during the effec-
tive period of this Act, apply for a period of
service equal to that prescribed in subsection (b)
of this section and his application shall be ac-
cepted: Provided, That his services can be effec-
tively utilized and that his physical and mental
fitness for such service meet the standards pre-
scribed by the head of the department con-
cerned: Provided further, That active service per-
formed pursuant to this section shall not preju-
dice his status as such member of such reserve
component: And provided further, That any per-
son who was a member of a reserve component
on June 25, 1950, and who thereafter continued
to serve satisfactorily in such reserve compo-
nent, shall, if his application for active duty
made pursuant to this paragraph is denied, be
deferred from induction under this chapter until
such time as he is ordered to active duty or
ceases to serve satisfactorily in such reserve
component.
(3) Within the limits of the quota determined
under section 3805(b) of this title for the subdivi-
sion in which he resides, any person, between
the ages of eighteen and twenty-six, shall be af-
forded an opportunity to volunteer for induction
into the Armed Forces of the United States for
the training and service prescribed in subsection
(b), but no person who so volunteers shall be in-
ducted for such training and service so long as
he is deferred after classification.
(4) Within the limits of the quota determined
under section 3805(b) of this title for the subdivi-
sion in which he resides, any person after attain-
ing the age of seventeen shall with the written
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1 See References in Text note below.
consent of his parents or guardian be afforded an
opportunity to volunteer for induction into the
Armed Forces of the United States for the train-
ing and service prescribed in subsection (b).
(5) Within the limits of the quota determined
under section 3805(b) of this title for the subdivi-
sion in which he resides, at such time as induc-
tion into the National Security Training Corps
is authorized pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter, any person after attaining the age of
seventeen shall with the written consent of his
parents or guardian be afforded an opportunity
to volunteer for induction into the National Se-
curity Training Corps for the training pre-
scribed in subsection (k).
(d) Transfer to Reserve component; period of
service
(1) Each person who hereafter and prior to
June 19, 1951, is inducted, enlisted, or appointed
and serves for a period of less than three years
in one of the armed forces and meets the quali-
fications for enlistment or appointment in a re-
serve component of the armed force in which he
serves, shall be transferred to a reserve compo-
nent of such armed force, and until the expira-
tion of a period of five years after such transfer,
or until he is discharged from such reserve com-
ponent, whichever occurs first, shall be deemed
to be a member of such reserve component and
shall be subject to such additional training and
service as may now or hereafter be prescribed by
law for such reserve component: Provided, That
any such person who completes at least twenty-
one months of service in the armed forces and
who thereafter serves satisfactorily (1) on active
duty in the armed forces under a voluntary ex-
tension for a period of at least one year, which
extension is authorized, or (2) in an organized
unit of any reserve component of any of the
armed forces for a period of at least thirty-six
consecutive months, shall, except in time of war
or national emergency declared by the Congress,
be relieved from any further liability under this
subsection to serve in any reserve component of
the armed forces of the United States, but noth-
ing in this subsection shall be construed to pre-
vent any such person, while in a reserve compo-
nent of such forces, from being ordered or called
to active duty in such forces.
(2) Each person who hereafter and prior to
June 19, 1951, is enlisted under the provisions of
subsection (g) 1 of this section and who meets
the qualifications for enlistment or appointment
in a reserve component of the armed forces
shall, upon discharge from such enlistment
under honorable conditions, be transferred to a
reserve component of the armed forces of the
United States and shall serve therein for a pe-
riod of six years or until sooner discharged.
Each such person shall, so long as he is a mem-
ber of such reserve component, be liable to be
ordered to active duty, but except in time of war
or national emergency declared by the Congress
no such person shall be ordered to active duty,
without his consent and except as hereinafter
provided, for more than one month in any year.
In case the Secretary of the Army, the Sec-
retary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air
Force determines that enlistment, enrollment,
or appointment in, or assignment to, an orga-
nized unit of a reserve component or an officers’
training program of the armed force in which he
served is available to, and can without undue
hardship be filled by, any such person, it shall
be the duty of such person to enlist, enroll, or
accept appointment in, or accept assignment to,
such organized unit or officers’ training pro-
gram and to serve satisfactorily therein for a pe-
riod of four years. Any such person who fails or
refuses to perform such duty may be ordered to
active duty, without his consent, for an addi-
tional period of not more than twelve consecu-
tive months. Any such person who enlists or ac-
cepts appointment in any such organized unit
and serves satisfactorily therein for a period of
four years shall, except in time of war or na-
tional emergency declared by the Congress, be
relieved from any further liability under this
subsection to serve in any reserve component of
the armed forces of the United States, but noth-
ing in this subsection shall be construed to pre-
vent any such person, while in a reserve compo-
nent of such forces, from being ordered or called
to active duty in such forces. The Secretary of
Defense is authorized to prescribe regulations
governing the transfer of such persons within
and between reserve components of the armed
forces and determining, for the purpose of the
requirements of the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph, the credit to be allowed any person
so transferring for his previous service in one or
more reserve components.
(3) Each person who, subsequent to June 19,
1951, and on or before August 9, 1955, is inducted,
enlisted, or appointed, under any provision of
law, in the Armed Forces, including the reserve
components thereof, or in the National Security
Training Corps prior to attaining the twenty-
sixth anniversary of his birth, shall be required
to serve on active training and service in the
Armed Forces or in training in the National Se-
curity Training Corps, and in a reserve compo-
nent, for a total period of eight years, unless
sooner discharged on grounds of personal hard-
ship, in accordance with regulations and stand-
ards prescribed by the Secretary of Defense (or
the Secretary of Transportation with respect to
the United States Coast Guard). Each such per-
son, on release from active training and service
in the Armed Forces or from training in the Na-
tional Security Training Corps, shall, if phys-
ically and mentally qualified, be transferred to
a reserve component of the Armed Forces, and
shall serve therein for the remainder of the pe-
riod which he is required to serve under this
paragraph and shall be deemed to be a member
of the reserve component during that period. If
the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the
Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force, or the
Secretary of Transportation with respect to the
United States Coast Guard, determines that en-
listment, enrollment, or appointment in, or as-
signment to, an organized unit of a reserve com-
ponent or an officers’ training program of the
armed force in which he served is available to,
and can, without undue personal hardship, be
filled by such a person, that person shall enlist,
enroll, or accept appointment in, or accept as-
signment to, the organized unit or officers’
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training program, and serve satisfactorily there-
in.
(e) Pay and allowances
With respect to the persons inducted for train-
ing and service under this chapter there shall be
paid, allowed, and extended the same pay, allow-
ances, pensions, disability and death compensa-
tion, and other benefits as are provided by law
in the case of other enlisted men of like grades
and length of service of that component of the
armed forces to which they are assigned. Sec-
tion 3 of the Act of July 25, 1947 (Public Law 239,
Eightieth Congress), is amended by deleting
therefrom the following: ‘‘Act of March 7, 1942
(56 Stat. 143 to 148, ch. 166), as amended’’. The
Act of March 7, 1942 (56 Stat. 143 to 148), as
amended, is made applicable to persons inducted
into the armed forces pursuant to this chapter.
(f)
Additional
compensation
from
civilian
sources
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any person who is inducted into the armed
forces under this Act and who, before being in-
ducted, was receiving compensation from any
person may, while serving under that induction,
receive compensation from that person.
(g) Occupational deferment recommendations by
National Security Council
The National Security Council shall periodi-
cally advise the Director of the Selective Serv-
ice System and coordinate with him the work of
such State and local volunteer advisory commit-
tees which the Director of Selective Service may
establish, with respect to the identification, se-
lection, and deferment of needed professional
and scientific personnel and those engaged in,
and preparing for, critical skills and other es-
sential occupations. In the performance of its
duties under this subsection the National Secu-
rity Council shall consider the needs of both the
Armed Forces and the civilian segment of the
population.
(h) Repealed. June 19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, § 1(h),
65 Stat. 80
(i), (j) Omitted
(k) Reduction of periods of service; establish-
ment of National Security Training Corps;
composition; service; pay
(1) Upon a finding by him that such action is
justified by the strength of the Armed Forces in
the light of international conditions, the Presi-
dent, upon recommendation of the Secretary of
Defense, is authorized, by Executive order,
which shall be uniform in its application to all
persons inducted under this chapter but which
may vary as to age groups, to provide for (A) de-
creasing periods of service under this chapter
but in no case to a lesser period of time than can
be economically utilized, or (B) eliminating pe-
riods of service required under this chapter.
(2) Whenever the Congress shall by concurrent
resolution declare—
(A) that the period of active service required
of any age group or groups of persons inducted
under this chapter should be decreased to any
period less than twenty-four months which
may be designated in such resolution; or
(B) that the period of active service required
of any age group or groups of persons inducted
under this chapter should be eliminated,
the period of active service in the Armed Forces
of the age group or groups designated in any
such resolution shall be so decreased or elimi-
nated, as the case may be. Whenever the period
of active service required under this chapter of
persons who have not attained the nineteenth
anniversary of the day of their birth has been re-
duced or eliminated by the President or as a re-
sult of the adoption of a concurrent resolution
of the Congress in accordance with the foregoing
provisions of this section, all individuals then or
thereafter liable for registration under this
chapter who on that date have not attained the
nineteenth anniversary of the day of their birth
and have not been inducted into the Armed
Forces shall be liable, effective on such date, for
induction into the National Security Training
Corps as hereinafter established for initial mili-
tary training for a period of six months.
(3), (4) Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6,
1966, 80 Stat. 656.
(5) The Commission shall, subject to the direc-
tion of the President, exercise general super-
vision over the training of the National Security
Training Corps, which training shall be basic
military training. The Commission shall estab-
lish such policies and standards with respect to
the conduct of the training of members of the
National Security Training Corps as are nec-
essary to carry out the purposes of this Act. The
Commission shall make adequate provisions for
the moral and spiritual welfare of members of
the National Security Training Corps. The Sec-
retary of Defense shall designate the military
departments to carry out such training. Each
military department so designated shall carry
out such military training in accordance with
the policies and standards of the Commission.
The military department or departments so des-
ignated to carry out such military training
shall, subject to the approval of the Secretary of
Defense, and subject to the policies and stand-
ards established by the Commission, determine
the type or types of basic military training to be
given to members of the National Security
Training Corps.
(6) Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966,
80 Stat. 656.
(7) Not later than four months following con-
firmation of the members of the Commission,
the Commission shall submit to the Congress
legislative recommendations which shall in-
clude, but not be limited to—
(A) a broad outline for a program deemed by
the Commission and approved by the Sec-
retary of Defense to be appropriate to assure
that the training carried out under the provi-
sions of this Act shall be of a military nature,
but nothing contained in this paragraph shall
be construed to grant to the Commission the
authority to prescribe the basic type or types
of military training to be given members of
the National Security Training Corps;
(B) measures for the personal safety, health,
welfare and morals of members of the National
Security Training Corps;
(C) a code of conduct, together with pen-
alties for violation thereof;
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(D) measures deemed necessary to imple-
ment the policies and standards established
under the provisions of paragraph (5) of this
subsection; and
(E) disability and death benefits and other
benefits, and the obligations, duties, liabilities
and responsibilities, to be granted to or im-
posed upon members of the National Security
Training Corps.
All
legislative
recommendations
submitted
under this paragraph shall be referred to the
Committees on Armed Services of the two
Houses, and each of such committees shall, not
later than the expiration of the first period of 45
calendar days of continuous sessions of the Con-
gress, following the date on which the rec-
ommendations provided for in this paragraph
are transmitted to the Congress, report thereon
to its House: Provided, That any bill or resolu-
tion reported with respect to such recommenda-
tions shall be privileged and may be called up by
any member of either House but shall be subject
to amendment as if it were not so privileged.
(8) No person shall be inducted into the Na-
tional Security Training Corps until after—
(A) a code of conduct, together with pen-
alties for violation thereof, and measures pro-
viding for disability and death benefits have
been enacted into law; and
(B) such other legislative recommendations
as are provided for in paragraph (7) shall have
been considered and such recommendations or
any portion thereof shall have been enacted
with or without amendments into law; and
(C) the period of service required under this
chapter of persons who have not attained the
nineteenth anniversary of the day of their
birth has been reduced or eliminated by the
President or as a result of the adoption of a
concurrent resolution of the Congress in ac-
cordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(9) Six months following the commencement
of induction of persons into the National Secu-
rity Training Corps, and semiannually there-
after, the Commission shall submit to the Con-
gress a comprehensive report describing in de-
tail the operation of the National Security
Training Corps, including the number of persons
inducted therein, a list of camps and stations at
which training is being conducted, a report on
the number of deaths and injuries occurring dur-
ing such training and the causes thereof, an esti-
mate of the performance of the persons inducted
therein, including an analysis of the disciplinary
problems encountered during the preceding six
months, the number of civilian employees of the
Commission and the administrative costs of the
Commission. Simultaneously, there shall be sub-
mitted to the Congress by the Secretary of De-
fense a report setting forth an estimate of the
value of the training conducted during the pre-
ceding six months, the cost of the training pro-
gram chargeable to the appropriations made to
the Department of Defense, and the number of
personnel of the Armed Forces directly engaged
in the conduct of such training.
(10) Each person inducted into the National
Security Training Corps shall be compensated at
the monthly rate of $30: Provided, however, That
each such person, having a dependent or depend-
ents shall be entitled to receive a dependency al-
lowance equal to the basic allowance for housing
provided for persons in pay grade E–1 under sec-
tion 403 of title 37 plus $40 so long as such person
has in effect an allotment equal to the amount
of such dependency allowance for the support of
the dependent or dependents on whose account
the allowance is claimed.
(11) No person inducted into the National Se-
curity Training Corps shall be assigned for
training at an installation located on land out-
side the continental United States, except that
residents of Territories and possessions of the
United States may be trained in the Territory or
possession from which they were inducted.
(l) Terminated
(June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, § 4, 62 Stat. 605;
Sept. 9, 1950, ch. 939, § 1, 64 Stat. 826; Sept. 27,
1950, ch. 1059, §§ 1(1)–(5), 3(a), 64 Stat. 1073; June
19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, § 1(d)–(j), 65 Stat. 76; July
9, 1952, ch. 608, pt. VIII, § 813, 66 Stat. 509; June
29, 1953, ch. 158, §§ 1, 2, 6, 67 Stat. 86, 89; June 30,
1955, ch. 250, title II, § 202, 69 Stat. 224; Aug. 9,
1955, ch. 665, § 3(a), 69 Stat. 602; Aug. 10, 1956, ch.
1041, §§ 22(a)–(c), 53, 70A Stat. 630, 641; Pub. L.
85–62, §§ 1–3, June 27, 1957, 71 Stat. 206, 207; Pub.
L. 85–564, July 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 424; Pub. L.
85–861, §§ 9, 36A, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1556, 1569;
Pub. L. 87–651, title III, § 301, Sept. 7, 1962, 76
Stat. 524; Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80
Stat. 656; Pub. L. 90–40, § 1(2), June 30, 1967, 81
Stat. 100; Pub. L. 92–129, title I, § 101(a)(3)–(7),
Sept. 28, 1971, 85 Stat. 348, 349; Pub. L. 94–106,
title VIII, § 802(c), Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 537; Pub.
L. 105–85, div. A, title VI, § 603(d)(5), Nov. 18, 1997,
111 Stat. 1783; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII,
§ 1704(e)(11)(A), (B), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2315.)
TERMINATION OF INDUCTION FOR TRAINING AND
SERVICE
For provisions relating to termination of in-
duction for training and service in the Armed
Forces after July 1, 1973, see section 3815(c) of
this title.
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original
‘‘this title’’, meaning title I of act June 24, 1948, ch. 625,
62 Stat. 604, which is classified principally to this chap-
ter. For complete classification of title I to the Code,
see Tables.
This Act, referred to in subsecs. (c)(1), (2), (f), and
(k)(5), (7)(A), is act June 24, 1948, ch. 625, 62 Stat. 604,
known as the Military Selective Service Act. For com-
plete classification of this Act to the Code, see Ref-
erences in Text note set out under section 3801 of this
title and Tables.
The effective period of this Act, referred to in subsec.
(c)(2), is set out in section 3815 of this title.
Subsection (g) of this section, referred to in subsec.
(d)(2), means subsection (g) prior to repeal by act June
19, 1951, § 1(h). See 1951 Amendment note below.
Section 3 of the Act of July 25, 1947 (Public Law 239,
Eightieth Congress), referred to in subsec. (e), is sec-
tion 3 of act July 25, 1947, ch. 327, 61 Stat. 451, which is
not classified to the Code.
Act of March 7, 1942 (56 Stat. 143 to 148), referred to
in subsec. (e), popularly known as the Missing Persons
Act, was classified to sections 1001 to 1018 of the former
Appendix to this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89–554,
Sept. 6, 1966, § 8(a), 80 Stat. 632, and reenactment as sub-
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chapter VII (§ 5561 et seq.) of chapter 55 of Title 5, Gov-
ernment Organization and Employees, and chapter 10
(§ 551 et seq.) of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uni-
formed Services.
The Commission, referred to in subsec. (k)(5), means
the National Security Training Commission, which ex-
pired June 30, 1957, pursuant to letter of the President
on Mar. 25, 1957, following the Commission’s own rec-
ommendation for its termination.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 454 of the
former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi-
fication and renumbering as this section.
AMENDMENTS
2002—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted ‘‘of
Homeland Security’’ for ‘‘of Transportation’’ wherever
appearing.
1997—Subsec. (k)(10). Pub. L. 105–85 substituted ‘‘shall
be entitled to receive a dependency allowance equal to
the basic allowance for housing provided for persons in
pay grade E–1 under section 403 of title 37’’ for ‘‘as such
terms are defined in the Career Compensation Act of
1949, shall be entitled to receive a dependency allow-
ance equal to the sum of the basic allowance for quar-
ters provided for persons in pay grade E–1 by section
302(f) of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 as amend-
ed by section 3 of the Dependents’ Assistance Act of
1950 as may be extended or amended’’.
1975—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–106 in paragraph relating
to military training for persons inducted after June 19,
1951, for service in the armed force into which they
were inducted, substituted twelve weeks for four
months in two places.
1971—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(3), (4), struck
out provisions which had given special coverage for
male aliens and substituted ‘‘Secretary of Transpor-
tation’’ for ‘‘Secretary of the Treasury’’.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(5), substituted
‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’ for ‘‘Secretary of the
Treasury’’.
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(6), struck out
‘‘(except a person enlisted under subsection (g) of this
section)’’ after ‘‘inducted, enlisted, or appointed’’.
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(7), substituted
‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’ for ‘‘Secretary of the
Treasury’’.
1967—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–40, § 1(2)(a), inserted pro-
viso that registrants failing or refusing to report for in-
duction continue to remain liable for induction and to
be immediately inducted when available.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 90–40, § 1(2)(b), added subsec. (g).
1966—Subsec. (k)(3), (4), (6). Pub. L. 89–554 repealed
pars. (3), (4) and (6) which established the National Se-
curity Training Commission, provided for its composi-
tion, tenure, pay and duties, and authorized appoint-
ment and pay of employees.
1962—Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 87–651 amended par. (3)
generally, striking out provisions which required each
person inducted into the National Security Training
Corps to serve in the Armed Forces or the National Se-
curity Training Corps for a total of eight years, unless
sooner discharged because of personal hardship, and re-
quiring each person covered by this subsection who is
not a reserve, and who is qualified, upon his release
from training, to be transferred to a reserve component
to complete the service required by this subsection.
1958—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85–564 inserted, at end of
third par., proviso authorizing President to modify
standards fixed by preceding two provisos, except in
war or national emergency.
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 85–861 repealed provisions that
required persons inducted, enlisted, or appointed, in the
Armed Forces to serve on active training and service in
the Armed Forces and in a reserve component for a
total of six years, and inserted provisions requiring
transfer to reserve components of persons released
from active training and service in the Armed Forces
or from training in the National Security Training
Corps and authorizing enlistment, enrollment, or ap-
pointment in, or assignment to, an organized unit of a
reserve component or an officers’ training program of
the armed force in which a person served. See section
651 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
1957—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85–62, §§ 1, 9, temporarily in-
serted next to last paragraph providing that no med-
ical, dental, or allied specialist shall be inducted if he
applies or applied for appointment as a Reserve officer
in one of such categories and is rejected on the sole
ground of physical disqualification. See Effective and
Termination Dates of 1957 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 85–62, §§ 3, 9, temporarily struck
out ‘‘as referred to in subsection (i)’’ after ‘‘categories
of persons’’ at end of first sentence, and substituted
‘‘thirty-fifth’’ for ‘‘fifty-first’’ in last sentence of sec-
ond par. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1957
Amendment note below.
Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 85–62, §§ 2, 9, temporarily added
subsec. (l). See Effective and Termination Dates of 1957
Amendment note below.
1956—Subsec. (a). Act Aug. 10, 1956, § 53, repealed pro-
visions prohibiting assignment to duty outside the
United States until the member of the Armed Forces
has had the equivalent of four months of basic training,
and relating to communications with Members of Con-
gress. See sections 671 and 1034 of Title 10, Armed
Forces.
Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 10, 1956, § 22(a), authorized Sec-
retaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Treasury, to
provide by regulations for release from training and
service in the Armed Forces of those individuals who
are accepted into organized units of the Army National
Guard and Air National Guard and other reserve com-
ponents.
Subsec. (d)(3). Act Aug. 10, 1956, § 22(b), purportedly
repealed par. (3) and amended it to provide that ‘‘Each
person who is inducted into the National Security
Training Corps shall serve in the armed forces or the
National Security Training Corps for a total of eight
years, unless he is sooner discharged because of per-
sonal hardship under regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Defense. Each person covered by this sub-
section who is not a Reserve, and who is qualified,
shall, upon his release from training, be transferred to
a reserve component of an armed force to complete the
service required by this subsection.’’ See 1958 and 1962
Amendment notes above.
Subsec. (f). Act Aug. 10, 1956, § 53, purportedly re-
pealed subsec. (f). However, section 22(c) of the act
amended subsection to clarify authority to receive
compensation.
1955—Subsec. (d)(3). Act Aug. 9, 1955, provided for a
six-year term of duty for persons who are inducted, en-
listed, or appointed after Aug. 9, 1955.
Subsec. (i)(1). Act June 30, 1955, exempted from serv-
ice persons who attained their thirty-fifth anniversary
of their date of birth and who were rejected for service
on the ground of physical disqualification, and to re-
duce maximum age of liability of induction from 51 to
46 years of age.
1953—Subsec. (i)(2). Act June 29, 1953, § 6, in cl.
‘‘First’’ struck out ‘‘subsequent to the completion of or
release from the program or course of instruction’’
after ‘‘Public Health Service’’; and, in cl. ‘‘Second’’,
substituted
‘‘seventeen
months’’
for
‘‘twenty-one
months’’, and struck out ‘‘subsequent to the comple-
tion of or release from the program or course of in-
struction’’ after ‘‘Public Health Service’’.
Subsec. (i)(4) to (7). Act June 29, 1953, § 1, added pars.
(4) to (7).
Subsec. (j). Act June 29, 1953, § 2, added third par.
1952—Subsec. (d)(3). Act July 9, 1952, substituted ‘‘ap-
pointed under any provision of law, in the Armed
Forces, including the reserve components thereof,’’ for
‘‘appointed in the Armed Forces’’.
1951—Subsec. (a). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(d), lowered age
limit from 19 years to 181⁄2, provided for training in Na-
tional Security Training Corps, lowered physical and
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mental standards, provided for a basic training period,
and allowed communication with Members of Congress.
Subsec. (b). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(e), increased length
of service from 21 to 24 months.
Subsec. (c). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(f), struck out short-
term Army enlistment period and the General Classi-
fication Test, and established age for voluntary induc-
tion.
Subsec. (d). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(g), inserted ‘‘and
prior to June 19, 1951,’’ after ‘‘hereafter’’ in pars. (1) and
(2), and added par. (3).
Subsec. (e). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(i), inserted ‘‘6g’’
after ‘‘sections’’ in par. (1), and extended period of serv-
ice from 21 to 24 months.
Subsec. (g). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(h), repealed subsec.
(g), which authorized and directed the Secretaries of
the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force to accept enlist-
ments for periods of one year in the respective forces
from among qualified male persons between the ages of
eighteen and nineteen, subject to the authorized one-
year enlistee active duty personnel strengths estab-
lished by section 452 of the former Appendix to this
title.
Subsec. (h). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(h), repealed subsec.
(h) which related to permanent assignment outside
continental United States.
Subsec. (k). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(j), added subsec. (k).
1950—Subsec. (a). Act Sept. 27, 1950, § 1(1)–(4), inserted
before period in third sentence of first par. ‘‘and such
number of persons as in his judgment may be required
for the United States Coast Guard’’, inserted before pe-
riod in second par. ‘‘or the Secretary of the Treasury’’,
inserted after ‘‘the Secretary of Defense’’ in third par.
‘‘or the Secretary of the Treasury’’, inserted after
‘‘United States Marine Corps’’ in fourth par. ‘‘or the
United States Coast Guard’’.
Subsec. (b). Act Sept. 27, 1950, § 1(5), inserted before
period ‘‘or the Secretary of the Treasury’’.
Subsec. (c). Act Sept. 27, 1950, § 3(a), added par. (4).
Subsecs. (i), (j). Act Sept. 9, 1950, §§ 1, 9, temporarily
added subsecs. (i) and (j). See Termination Date of Sub-
section (i) and Former Subsection (j) note below.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of
transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of
Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L.
107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10,
Armed Forces.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1997 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 105–85 effective Jan. 1, 1998,
see section 603(e) of Pub. L. 105–85, set out as a note
under section 5561 of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees.
EFFECTIVE AND TERMINATION DATES OF 1957
AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 85–62, § 9, June 27, 1957, 71 Stat. 208, as amend-
ed by Pub. L. 86–4, § 4, Mar. 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 13; Pub. L.
88–2, § 4, Mar. 28, 1963, 77 Stat. 4; Pub. L. 90–40, § 4, June
30, 1967, 81 Stat. 105; Pub. L. 92–129, title I, § 103, Sept.
28, 1971, 85 Stat. 355, provided that: ‘‘This Act [see Ta-
bles for classification] takes effect July 1, 1957, and
shall terminate July 1, 1973.’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1952 AMENDMENT
Act July 9, 1952, ch. 608, pt. VIII, § 813, 66 Stat. 509,
provided that the amendment made by that section is
effective as of June 19, 1951.
TERMINATION DATE OF SUBSECTION (i) AND FORMER
SUBSECTION (j)
Act Sept. 9, 1950, ch. 939, § 7, 64 Stat. 828, as amended
by acts June 19, 1951, § 2(b); June 29, 1953, § 9; and June
30, 1955, § 201, and by Pub. L. 85–62, § 8, provided that
subsecs. (i) and (j) of this section, which were added by
act Sept. 9, 1950, shall terminate as of June 30, 1957. See
Effective and Termination Dates of 1957 Amendment
note set out above with respect to subsec. (j) as reen-
acted and amended by Pub. L. 85–62.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and
assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities
and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat-
ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections
468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu-
rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor-
ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set
out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Executive Documents
PROC. NO. 2906. REGISTRATION OF DOCTORS, DENTISTS
AND ALLIED SPECIALISTS
Proc. No. 2906, Oct. 6, 1950, 15 F.R. 6845, 64 Stat. Pt. 2,
p. A437, as amended Proc. No. 2915, Dec. 28, 1950, 15 F.R.
9419, 64 Stat. Pt. 2, p. A455, provided:
1. Every male person who participated as a student in
the Army specialized training program or any similar
program administered by the Navy, or was deferred
from service during World War II for the purpose of
pursuing a course of instruction leading to education in
a medical, dental, or allied specialist category, and has
had less than twenty-one months of active duty in the
Army, the Air Force, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the
Coast Guard, or the Public Health Service subsequent
to the completion of, or release from, such program or
course of instruction (exclusive of time spent in post-
graduate training), and who, on the day or any of the
days hereinafter fixed for his registration (a) shall have
received from any school, college, university, or simi-
lar institution of learning, one or more of the degrees
of bachelor of medicine, doctor of medicine, doctor of
dental surgery, doctor of dental medicine, doctor of
veterinary surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine,
(b) is within any of the several States of the United
States, the District of Columbia, the Territory of Alas-
ka, the Territory of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin
Islands, (c) is not a member of any reserve component
of the armed forces of the United States, and (d) shall
not have attained the fiftieth anniversary of the day of
his birth is required to and shall on that day or any of
those days present himself for and submit to registra-
tion before a duly designated registration official or se-
lective service local board having jurisdiction in the
area in which he has his permanent home or in which
he may happen to be on that day or any of those days.
2. The special registration of the male persons re-
quired to submit to registration by paragraph num-
bered 1 hereof shall take place in the several States of
the United States, the District of Columbia, the Terri-
tories of Alaska and Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Vir-
gin Islands between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
on the day or days hereinafter designated for their reg-
istration, as follows:
(a) Persons who shall have received any of the de-
grees above referred to on or before October 16, 1950,
shall be registered on Monday, the 16th day of October,
1950.
(b) Persons who receive any of the degrees above re-
ferred to after October 16, 1950, shall be registered on
the day they receive any such degree, or within five
days thereafter.
(c) Persons who shall have received any of the degrees
above referred to and who enter any of the several
States of the United States, the District of Columbia,
the Territory of Alaska, the Territory of Hawaii, Puer-
to Rico, or the Virgin Islands after October 16, 1950,
shall be registered on the day of such entrance, or with-
in five days thereafter.
3. Every male person who has not had active service
in the Army, the Air Force, the Navy, the Marine
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Corps, the Coast Guard, or the Public Health Service
subsequent to September 16, 1940, and every male per-
son not included in the first or the second of the prior-
ities defined in section 4(i)(2) of the Selective Service
Act of 1948, as amended [now the Military Selective
Service Act, former 50 U.S.C. 3803(i)(2)], who has had ac-
tive service in the Army, the Air Force, the Navy, the
Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, or the Public Health
Service subsequent to September 16, 1940, who on the
day or any of the days hereafter fixed by the Director
of Selective Service for his registration (a) shall have
received from a school, college, university, or similar
institution of learning one or more of the degrees of
bachelor of medicine, doctor of medicine, doctor of den-
tal surgery, doctor of dental medicine, doctor of veteri-
nary surgery, and doctor of veterinary medicine, (b) is
within any of the several States of the United States,
the District of Columbia, the Territory of Alaska, the
Territory of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands,
(c) is not a member of any reserve component of the
armed forces of the United States, and (d) shall not
have attained the fiftieth anniversary of the day of his
birth is required to and shall on that day or any of
those days present himself for and submit to registra-
tion before a duly designated registration official or se-
lective service local board having jurisdiction in the
area in which he has his permanent home or in which
he may happen to be on that day or any of those days.
4. The Director of Selective Service is hereby author-
ized and directed to fix the date or dates for the special
registration required under paragraph numbered 3 here-
of: Provided, that the date or dates so fixed shall be not
later than January 16, 1951.
5. The Director of Selective Service is hereby author-
ized to require special registration of, and fix the date
or dates of registration for, all other persons who are
subject to registration under section 4(i) of the Selec-
tive Service Act of 1948, as amended, and who are not
required to register under or pursuant to this procla-
mation.
6. All orders and directives of the Director of Selec-
tive Service issued pursuant to paragraph numbered 4
or paragraph numbered 5 hereof shall be published in
the Federal Register.
7. (a) A person subject to registration under or pursu-
ant to this proclamation who, because of circumstances
beyond his control, is unable to present himself for and
submit to registration during the hours of the day or
any of the days fixed for registration shall do so as
soon as possible after the cause for such inability
ceases to exist.
(b) Every person subject to registration under or pur-
suant to this proclamation who has registered in ac-
cordance with Proclamation No. 2799 of July 20, 1948,
issued under the Selective Service Act of 1948, as
amended, [now the Military Selective Service Act] and
the regulations prescribed thereunder, shall, notwith-
standing such registration, present himself for and sub-
mit to registration as required by or pursuant to this
proclamation.
(c) The duty of any person to present himself for and
submit to registration in accordance with Proclama-
tion No. 2799 of July 20, 1948, issued under the Selective
Service Act of 1948, as amended [now the Military Se-
lective Service Act] and the regulations prescribed
thereunder, shall not be affected by this proclamation.
8. Every person subject to registration under or pur-
suant to this proclamation is required to familiarize
himself with the rules and regulations governing such
registration and to comply therewith.
9. I call upon the Governors of each of the several
States, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, Puerto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands and the Board of Commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia, and all officers and
agents of the United States and all officers and agents
of the several States, the Territories of Alaska and Ha-
waii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District
of Columbia, and political subdivisions thereof, and all
local boards and agents thereof appointed under the
provisions of title I of the Selective Service Act of 1948,
as amended [now the Military Selective Service Act, 50
U.S.C. 3801 et seq.], or the regulations prescribed there-
under, to do and perform all acts and services necessary
to accomplish effective and complete registration.
10. In order that there may be full cooperation in car-
rying into effect the purposes of section 4(i) of title I of
the Selective Service Act of 1948, as amended, I urge all
employers and Government agencies of all kinds—Fed-
eral, State, territorial, and local—to give those under
their charge sufficient time in which to fulfill the obli-
gations of registration incumbent upon them under the
said Act and under or pursuant to this proclamation.
PROC. NO. 2915. EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION
Proc. No. 2915, Dec. 28, 1950, 15 F.R. 9419, 64 Stat. 494,
provided:
Proclamation No. 2906 of October 6, 1950 [set out
above], be, and it is hereby, amended, effective as of Oc-
tober 6, 1950, so as to exempt from the force and effect
thereof, until otherwise directed by the President by
proclamation, (1) commissioned officers, warrant offi-
cers, pay clerks, enlisted men, and aviation cadets of
the Regular Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine
Corps, the Coast Guard, the Coast and Geodetic Survey,
and the Public Health Service, and (2) aliens who are
residing in the United States and have not declared
their intention of becoming citizens of the United
States and who are also in one of the following cat-
egories: (a) alien students admitted under subdivision
(e) of section 4 of the Immigration Act approved May
26, 1924, as amended [former 8 U.S.C. 204], (b) aliens rec-
ognized as diplomatic, consular, military or civilian of-
ficials or employees of a foreign government and mem-
bers of their families, (c) aliens who are officials or em-
ployees of a public international organization recog-
nized under the International Organizations Immuni-
ties Act, approved December 29, 1945 (59 Stat. 669) [22
U.S.C. 288 et seq.], and members of their families, (d)
aliens who have entered the United States and remain
therein pursuant to the provisions of section 11 of the
Agreement between the United Nations and the United
States of America regarding the Headquarters of the
United Nations, as approved in Public Law 357, 80th
Congress (61 Stat. 756) [22 U.S.C. 287 note], (e) aliens
who are nationals of a country with which there is in
effect a treaty or international agreement exempting
its nationals from military service while they are with-
in the United States, or (f) other aliens whose admis-
sion to the United States is for a temporary stay only:
Provided, That such exemption shall not continue after
the cause thereof shall cease to exist.
EX. ORD. NO. 10762. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
Ex. Ord. No. 10762, Mar. 28, 1958, 23 F.R. 2119, provided:
1. There is hereby delegated to the Secretary of De-
fense:
(a) The authority vested in the President by section
4(l)(1) of the Universal Military Training and Service
Act [50 U.S.C. 3803(l)(1)], as added by section 2 of the
Act of June 27, 1957 (P.L. 85–62; 71 Stat. 206), to order to
active duty (other than for training) for a period of not
more than 24 consecutive months, with or without his
consent, any member of a reserve component of the
armed forces of the United States who is in a medical,
dental, or allied specialist category, who has not at-
tained the thirty-fifth anniversary of the date of his
birth, and who has not performed at least one year of
active duty (other than for training).
(b) The authority vested in the President by section
5(c) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act
[50 U.S.C. 3805(c)], as added by section 5 of the Act of
June 27, 1957 (P.L. 85–62; 71 Stat. 207), to prescribe regu-
lations with respect to the appointment, reappoint-
ment, or promotion of any qualified person who (1) is
liable for induction or (2) as a member of a reserve
component is ordered to active duty as a physician or
dentist or in an allied specialist category in the armed
forces of the United States.
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2. Executive Order No. 10478 of August 5, 1953, as
amended by Executive Order No. 10658 of February 15,
1956, is hereby revoked.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.
EX. ORD. NO. 10776. DELEGATION OF PRESIDENT’S
AUTHORITY
Ex. Ord. No. 10776, July 28, 1958, 23 F.R. 5683, provided:
By virtue of the authority vested in me by title 3 of
the United States Code, and as President of the United
States and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces,
there is hereby delegated to the Secretary of Defense
the authority (relating to the prescribing of rules and
regulations modifying the standards and requirements
with respect to induction of persons into the armed
forces) vested in the President by the last proviso of
section 4(a) of the Universal Military Training and
Service Act [50 U.S.C. 3803(a)], added by the act of July
28, 1958 [Pub. L. 85–564]. The Secretary of Defense is
hereby authorized to re-delegate that authority to any
official of the Department of Defense who is required to
be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. No person shall be inducted into the armed
forces for training and service who does not meet the
standards and requirements specified in the rules and
regulations prescribed by the Secretary or his designee
pursuant to this order.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.
§ 3804. Volunteer service of physicians and den-
tists; minimum period
Any physician or dentist who meets the quali-
fications for a reserve commission in the respec-
tive military departments shall, so long as there
is a need for the services of such a physician or
dentist, be afforded an opportunity to volunteer
for a period of active duty of not less than twen-
ty-four months. Any physician or dentist who so
volunteers his service, and meets the qualifica-
tions for a reserve commission shall be ordered
to active duty for not less than twenty-four
months, notwithstanding the grade or rank to
which such physician or dentist is entitled under
the provisions of the Act of September 9, 1950, as
amended.
(June 29, 1953, ch. 158, § 7, 67 Stat. 89.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Act of September 9, 1950, as amended, referred to in
text, is act Sept. 9, 1950, ch. 939, 64 Stat. 826. Section 7
of the Act, as amended (71 Stat. 208), provided that the
Act, except for sections 3 and 5, shall terminate as of
June 30, 1957. Section 3 of the Act amended section 202
of the National Security Act of 1947, by adding sub-
sections (g) to (i) which were classified to section
171a(g) to (i) of former Title 5 and which were later
omitted from the Code following the codification of
section 202(a) to (f) and (j) of the National Security Act
of 1947 in Title 10, Armed Forces, by Pub. L. 87–651,
Sept. 7, 1972, 76 Stat. 506. Section 5 of the Act was clas-
sified to section 234b of former Title 37, and was later
omitted from the Code following the enactment of Title
37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services, by
Pub. L. 87–649, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 451.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 454e of the
former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi-
fication and renumbering as this section.
Section was not enacted as part of the Military Selec-
tive Service Act, title I of which comprises this chap-
ter.
§ 3805. Manner of selection of men for training
and service; quotas
(a) Manner of selection
(1) The selection of persons for training and
service under section 3803 of this title shall be
made in an impartial manner, under such rules
and regulations as the President may prescribe,
from the persons who are liable for such train-
ing and service and who at the time of selection
are registered and classified, but not deferred or
exempted: Provided, That in the selection of per-
sons for training and service under this chapter,
and in the interpretation and execution of the
provisions of this chapter, there shall be no dis-
crimination against any person on account of
race or color: Provided further, That in the clas-
sification of registrants within the jurisdiction
of any local board, the registrants of any par-
ticular registration may be classified, in the
manner prescribed by and in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed by the Presi-
dent, before, together with, or after the reg-
istrants of any prior registration or registra-
tions; and in the selection for induction of per-
sons within the jurisdiction of any local board
and within any particular classification, persons
who were registered at any particular registra-
tion may be selected, in the manner prescribed
by and in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed by the President, before, together
with, or after persons who were registered at
any prior registration or registrations: And pro-
vided further, That nothing herein shall be con-
strued to prohibit the selection or induction of
persons by age group or groups under rules and
regulations prescribed by the President: And
provided further, That—
(1) no local board shall order for induction
for training and service in the Armed Forces
of the United States any person who has not
attained the age of nineteen unless there is
not within the jurisdiction of such local board
a sufficient number of persons who are deemed
by such local board to be available for induc-
tion and who have attained the age of nineteen
to enable such local board to meet a call for
men which it has been ordered to furnish for
induction;
(2) no local board shall order for induction
for training and service in the Armed Forces
of the United States any person who has not
attained the age of nineteen, if there is any
person within the jurisdiction of such local
board who (i) is as much as ninety days older,
(ii) has not attained the age of nineteen, and
(iii) is deemed by the local board to be avail-
able for induction; and
(3) no local board shall order for induction
for training and service in the Armed Forces
of the United States an alien unless such alien
shall have resided in the United States for one
year.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 91–124, § 2, Nov. 26, 1969, 83
Stat. 220.
(b) Basis for determination of quotas
Quotas of men to be inducted for training and
service under this chapter shall be determined
for each State, Territory, possession, and the
District of Columbia, and for subdivisions there-
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**(a)** The United States Governor is authorized to agree on behalf of the United States to pay to the Association $2,400,000,000 as the United States contribution to the fifth replenishment of the Resources of the Association: Provided, however, That any commitment to make such contributions shall be made subject to obtaining the necessary appropriations.
**(b)** In order to pay for the United States contribution provided for in this section, there are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $2,400,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.
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§ 287. Representation in Organization
(a) Appointment of representative; rank, status,
and tenure; duties
The President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, shall appoint a representa-
tive of the United States to the United Nations
who shall have the rank and status of Ambas-
sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and
shall hold office at the pleasure of the President.
Such representative shall represent the United
States in the Security Council of the United Na-
tions and may serve ex officio as representative
of the United States in any organ, commission,
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or other body of the United Nations other than
specialized agencies of the United Nations, and
shall perform such other functions in connection
with the participation of the United States in
the United Nations as the President may, from
time to time, direct.
(b) Appointment of additional representatives;
rank, status, and tenure; duties; reappoint-
ment unnecessary
The President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, shall appoint additional per-
sons with appropriate titles, rank, and status to
represent the United States in the principal or-
gans of the United Nations and in such organs,
commissions, or other bodies as may be created
by the United Nations with respect to nuclear
energy or disarmament (control and limitation
of armament). Such persons shall serve at the
pleasure of the President and subject to the di-
rection of the Representative of the United
States to the United Nations. They shall, at the
direction of the Representative of the United
States to the United Nations, represent the
United States in any organ, commission, or
other body of the United Nations, including the
Security C
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**(a) Development projects and programs** The United States Special Resources shall be used to finance specific high priority development projects and programs in developing member countries of the Bank with emphasis on such projects and programs in the Southeast Asia region.
**(b) Authorized uses** The United States Special Resources shall be used by the Bank only for—
(1) making development loans on terms which may be more flexible and bear less heavily on the balance of payments than those established by the Bank for its ordinary operations; and
(2) providing technical assistance credits on a reimbursable basis.
**(c) Eligible goods and services**
(1) The United States Special Resources may be expended by the Bank only for procurement in the United States of goods produced in, or services supplied from the United States, except that the United States Governor, in consultation with the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies, may allow eligibility for procurement in other member countries from the United States Special Resources if he determines that such procurement eligibility would materially improve the ability of the Bank to carry out the objectives of its special funds resources and would be compatible with the international financial position of the United States.
(2) The United States Special Resources may be used to pay for administrative expenses arising from the use of the United States Special Resources, but only to the extent such expenses are not covered from the Bank’s service fee or income from use of United States Special Resources.
**(d) Repayment in dollars** All financing of programs and projects by the Bank from the United States Special Resources shall be repayable to the Bank by the borrowers in United S
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§ 288. ‘‘International organization’’ defined; au-
thority of President
For the purposes of this subchapter, the term
‘‘international organization’’ means a public
international organization in which the United
States participates pursuant to any treaty or
under the authority of any Act of Congress au-
thorizing such participation or making an ap-
propriation for such participation, and which
shall have been designated by the President
through appropriate Executive order as being
entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and
immunities provided in this subchapter. The
President shall be authorized, in the light of the
functions performed by any such international
organization, by appropriate Executive order to
withhold or withdraw from any such organiza-
tion or its officers or employees any of the privi-
leges, exemptions, and immunities provided for
in this subchapter (including the amendments
made by this subchapter) or to condition or
limit the enjoyment by any such organization or
its officers or employees of any such privilege,
exemption, or immunity. The President shall be
authorized, if in his judgment such action
should be justified by reason of the abuse by an
international organization or its officers and
employees of the privileges, exemptions, and im-
munities provided in this subchapter or for any
other reason, at any time to revoke the designa-
tion of any international organization under
this section, whereupon the international orga-
nization in question shall cease to be classed as
an international organization for the purposes
of this subchapter.
(Dec. 29, 1945, ch. 652, title I, § 1, 59 Stat. 669.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
This subchapter, referred
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**(a)** This Act may be cited as the “Military Selective Service Act”.
**(b)** The Congress declares that an adequate armed strength must be achieved and maintained to insure the security of this Nation.
**(c)** The Congress further declares that in a free society the obligations and privileges of serving in the armed forces and the reserve components thereof should be shared generally, in accordance with a system of selection which is fair and just, and which is consistent with the maintenance of an effective national economy.
**(d)** The Congress further declares, in accordance with our traditional military policy as expressed in the National Defense Act of 1916, as amended, that it is essential that the strength and organization of the National Guard, both Ground and Air, as an integral part of the first line defenses of this Nation, be at all times maintained and assured.To this end, it is the intent of the Congress that whenever Congress shall determine that units and organizations are needed for the national security in excess of those of the Regular components of the Ground Forces and the Air Forces, and those in active service under this chapter, the National Guard of the United States, both Ground and Air, or such part thereof as may be necessary, together with such units of the Reserve components as are necessary for a balanced force, shall be ordered to active Federal service and continued therein so long as such necessity exists.
**(e)** The Congress further declares that adequate provision for national security requires maximum effort in the fields of scientific research and development, and the fullest possible utilization of the Nation’s technological, scientific, and other critical manpower resources.
**(f)** The Congress further declares that the S
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§ 3801. Short title; Congressional declaration of
policy
(a) This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Se-
lective Service Act’’.
(b) The Congress declares that an adequate
armed strength must be achieved and main-
tained to insure the security of this Nation.
(c) The Congress further declares that in a free
society the obligations and privileges of serving
in the armed forces and the reserve components
thereof should be shared generally, in accord-
ance with a system of selection which is fair and
just, and which is consistent with the mainte-
nance of an effective national economy.
(d) The Congress further declares, in accord-
ance with our traditional military policy as ex-
pressed in the National Defense Act of 1916, as
amended, that it is essential that the strength
and organization of the National Guard, both
Ground and Air, as an integral part of the first
line defenses of this Nation, be at all times
maintained and assured.
To this end, it is the intent of the Congress
that whenever Congress shall determine that
units and organizations are needed for the na-
tional security in excess of those of the Regular
components of the Ground Forces and the Air
Forces, and those in active service under this
chapter, the National Guard of the United
States, both Ground and Air, or such part there-
of as may be necessary, together with such units
of the Reserve components as are necessary for
a balanced force, shall be ordered to active Fed-
eral service and continued therein so long as
such necessity exists.
(e) The Congress further declares that ade-
quate provision for national security requires
maximum effort in the fields of scientific re-
search and development, and the fullest possible
utilization of the Nation’s technological, sci-
entific,
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**(a)** Except as otherwise provided in this chapter it shall be the duty of every male citizen of the United States, and every other male person residing in the United States, who, on the day or days fixed for the first or any subsequent registration, is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six, to present himself for and submit to registration at such time or times and place or places, and in such manner, as shall be determined by proclamation of the President and by rules and regulations prescribed hereunder. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any alien lawfully admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant under [section 1101(a)(15) of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101/a/15&num=0&edition=prelim), for so long as he continues to maintain a lawful nonimmigrant status in the United States.
**(b)** Regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) may require that persons presenting themselves for and submitting to registration under this section provide, as part of such registration, such identifying information (including date of birth, address, and social security account number) as such regulations may prescribe.
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§ 3802. Registration
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chap-
ter it shall be the duty of every male citizen of
the United States, and every other male person
residing in the United States, who, on the day or
days fixed for the first or any subsequent reg-
istration, is between the ages of eighteen and
twenty-six, to present himself for and submit to
registration at such time or times and place or
places, and in such manner, as shall be deter-
mined by proclamation of the President and by
rules and regulations prescribed hereunder. The
provisions of this section shall not be applicable
to any alien lawfully admitted to the United
States
as
a
nonimmigrant
under
section
1101(a)(15) of title 8, for so long as he continues
to maintain a lawful nonimmigrant status in
the United States.
(b) Regulations prescribed pursuant to sub-
section (a) may require that persons presenting
themselves for and submitting to registration
under this section provide, as part of such reg-
istration, such identifying information (includ-
ing date of birth, address, and social security ac-
count number) as such regulations may pre-
scribe.
(June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, § 3, 62 Stat. 605;
June 19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, § 1(c), 65 Stat. 76;
Pub. L. 92–129, title I, § 101(a)(2), Sept. 28, 1971, 85
Stat. 348; Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, § 916(a), Dec. 1,
1981, 95 Stat. 1129.)
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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the
original ‘‘this title’’, meaning title I of act June 24,
1948, ch. 625, 62 Stat. 604, which is classified principally
to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to
the Code, see Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 453 of the
former Appendix to this title pr
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**(a) Age limits; training in National Security Training Corps; physical and mental fitness; adequate training facilities; assignment to stations and units; training period; medical specialist categories** Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every person required to register pursuant to section 3802 of this chapter who is between the ages of eighteen years and six months and twenty-six years, at the time fixed for his registration, or who attains the age of eighteen years and six months after having been required to register pursuant to [section 3802 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3802&num=0&edition=prelim), or who is otherwise liable as provided in [section 3806(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3806/h&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be liable for training and service in the Armed Forces of the United States: Provided, That each registrant shall be immediately liable for classification and examination, and shall, as soon as practicable following his registration, be so classified and examined, both physically and mentally, in order to determine his availability for induction for training and service in the Armed Forces: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any registrant who has failed or refused to report for induction shall continue to remain liable for induction and when available shall be immediately inducted. The President is authorized, from time to time, whether or not a state of war exists, to select and induct into the Armed Forces of the United States for training and service in the manner provided in this chapter (including but not limited to selection and induction by age group or age groups) such numb
**(a) Manner of selection**
(1) The selection of persons for training and service under [section 3803 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3803&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be made in an impartial manner, under such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe, from the persons who are liable for such training and service and who at the time of selection are registered and classified, but not deferred or exempted: Provided, That in the selection of persons for training and service under this chapter, and in the interpretation and execution of the provisions of this chapter, there shall be no discrimination against any person on account of race or color: Provided further, That in the classification of registrants within the jurisdiction of any local board, the registrants of any particular registration may be classified, in the manner prescribed by and in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the President, before, together with, or after the registrants of any prior registration or registrations; and in the selection for induction of persons within the jurisdiction of any local board and within any particular classification, persons who were registered at any particular registration may be selected, in the manner prescribed by and in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the President, before, together with, or after persons who were registered at any prior registration or registrations: And provided further, That nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the selection or induction of persons by age group or groups under rules and regulations prescribed by the President: And provided further, That—
(1) no local board shall order for induction for training and service in the Ar
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