50 U.S.C. § 3806 — Deferments and exemptions from training

Page 957 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3806 1 See Transfer of Functions note below. istrants who prior to January 1, 1970, shall have at- tained their nineteenth year of age but not their twen- ty-sixth and who are not volunteers and not delinquents. New random selection sequences shall be established, in a similar manner, for registrants who attain their nineteenth year of age on or after January 1, 1970. The random sequence number determined for any reg- istrant shall apply to him so long as he remains subject to induction for military training and service by ran- dom selection. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-fourth. RICHARD NIXON. § 3806. Deferments and exemptions from training and service (a) In general (1) Commissioned officers, warrant officers, pay clerks, enlisted men, and aviation cadets of the Regular Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, and the Environ- mental Science Services Administration; 1 ca- dets, United States Military Academy; mid- shipmen, United States Naval Academy; cadets, United States Air Force Academy; cadets, United States Coast Guard Academy; mid- shipmen, Merchant Marine Reserve, members of the United States Navy Reserve; students en- rolled in an officer procurement program at military colleges the curriculum of which is ap- proved by the Secretary of Defense; members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and the Coast Guard, while on active duty; and for- eign diplomatic representatives, technical attache´s of foreign embassies and legations, con- suls general, consuls, vice consuls and other consular agents of foreign countries who are not citizens of the United States, and members of their families, and persons in other categories to be specified by the President who are not citi- zens of the United States, shall not be required to be registered under section 3802 of this title and shall be relieved from liability for training and service under section 3803 of this title, ex- cept that aliens admitted for permanent resi- dence in the United States shall not be so ex- empted: Provided, That any alien lawfully ad- mitted for permanent residence as defined in paragraph (20) of section 1101(a) of title 8 and who by reason of occupational status is subject to adjustment to nonimmigrant status under paragraph (15)(A), (15)(E), or (15)(G) of such sec- tion 1101(a) but who executes a waiver in accord- ance with section 1257(b) of title 8 of all rights, privileges, exemptions, and immunities which would otherwise accrue to him as a result of that occupational status, shall be subject to reg- istration under section 3802 of this title, but shall be deferred from induction for training and service for so long as such occupational status continues. Any person who subsequent to June 24, 1948, serves on active duty for a period of not less than twelve months in the armed forces of a nation with which the United States is associ- ated in mutual defense activities as defined by the President, may be exempted from training and service, but not from registration, in ac- cordance with regulations prescribed by the President, except that no such exemption shall be granted to any person who is a national of a country which does not grant reciprocal privi- leges to citizens of the United States: Provided, That any active duty performed prior to June 24, 1948, by a person in the armed forces of a coun- try allied with the United States during World War II and with which the United States is asso- ciated in such mutual defense activities, shall be credited in the computation of such twelve- month period: Provided further, That any person who is in a medical, dental, or allied specialist category not otherwise deferred or exempted under this subsection shall be liable for registra- tion and training and service until the thirty- fifth anniversary of the date of his birth. (2) Commissioned officers of the Public Health Service and members of the Reserve of the Pub- lic Health Service while on active duty and as- signed to staff the various offices and bureaus of the Public Health Service, including the Na- tional Institutes of Health, or assigned to the Coast Guard, the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agen- cy, or the Environmental Science Services Ad- ministration 1 or who are assigned to assist In- dian tribes, groups, bands, or communities pur- suant to the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), as amended [42 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.], shall not be required to be registered under section 3802 of this title and shall be relieved from liability for training and service under section 3803 of this title. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, commissioned officers of the Public Health Service and members of the Reserve of the Pub- lic Health Service who, prior to June 30, 1967, had been detailed or assigned to duty other than that specified in the preceding sentence shall not be required to be registered under section 3802 of this title and shall be relieved from li- ability for training and service under section 3803 of this title. (b) Persons who served during World War II (1) No person who served honorably on active duty between September 16, 1940, and June 24, 1948, for a period of twelve months or more, or between December 7, 1941, and September 2, 1945, for a period in excess of ninety days, in the Army, the Air Force, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Public Health Serv- ice, or the armed forces of any country allied with the United States in World War II prior to September 2, 1945, shall be liable for induction for training and service under this chapter, ex- cept after a declaration of war or national emer- gency made by the Congress subsequent to June 24, 1948. (2) No person who served honorably on active duty between September 16, 1940, and June 24, 1948, for a period of ninety days or more but less than twelve months in the Army, the Air Force, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Public Health Service, or the armed forces of any country allied with the United States in World War II prior to September 2, 1945, shall be liable for induction for training and service under this chapter, except after a declaration of war or national emergency made by the Con- gress subsequent to June 24, 1948, if— Page 958 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3806 2 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period. (A) the local board determines that he is regularly enlisted or commissioned in any or- ganized unit of a reserve component of the armed force in which he served, provided such unit is reasonably accessible to such person without unduly interrupting his normal pur- suits and activities (including attendance at a college or university in which he is regularly enrolled), or in a reserve component (other than in an organized unit) of such armed force in any case in which enlistment or commis- sion in an organized unit of a reserve compo- nent of such armed force is not available to him; or (B) the local board determines that enlist- ment or commission in a reserve component of such armed force is not available to him or that he has voluntarily enlisted or accepted appointment in an organized unit of a reserve component of an armed force other than the armed force in which he served. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to be applicable to any person to whom paragraph (1) of this subsection is applicable. (3) Except as provided in section 3805(a) of this title, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no person who (A) has served honor- ably on active duty after September 16, 1940, for a period of not less than one year in the Army, the Air Force, the Navy, the Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard, or (B) subsequent to September 16, 1940, was discharged for the convenience of the Government after having served honorably on active duty for a period of not less than six months in the Army, the Air Force, the Navy, the Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard, or (C) has served for a period of not less than twenty-four months (i) as a commissioned officer in the Pub- lic Health Service or (ii) as a commissioned offi- cer in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, shall be liable for induction for training and service under this Act, except after a declaration of war or national emergency made by the Congress subsequent to June 24, 1948. (4) No person who is honorably discharged upon the completion of an enlistment pursuant to section 3803(c) of this title shall be liable for induction for training and service under this chapter, except after a declaration of war or na- tional emergency made by the Congress subse- quent to June 24, 1948. (5) For the purposes of computation of the pe- riods of active duty referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, no credit shall be allowed for— (A) periods of active duty training performed as a member of a reserve component pursuant to an order or call to active duty solely for training purposes; (B) periods of active duty in which the serv- ice consisted solely of training under the Army specialized training program, the Army Air Force college training program, or any similar program under the jurisdiction of the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard; (C) periods of active duty as a cadet at the United States Military Academy or United States Coast Guard Academy, or as a mid- shipman at the United States Naval Academy, or in a preparatory school after nomination as a principal, alternate, or candidate for admis- sion to any of such academies; or (D) periods of active duty in any of the armed forces while being processed for entry into or separation from any educational pro- gram or institution referred to in paragraphs (B) or (C); 2 (c) Persons who were members of Ready Reserve of any Reserve component of the Armed Forces, Army National Guard, or Air Na- tional Guard on February 1, 1951, and per- sons who enlist in Ready Reserve of any Re- serve component of the Armed Forces, Army National Guard, or Air National Guard (1) Persons who, on February 1, 1951, were members of organized units of the federally rec- ognized National Guard, the federally recognized Air National Guard, the Officers’ Reserve Corps, the Regular Army Reserve, the Air Force Re- serve, the Enlisted Reserve Corps, the Naval Re- serve, the Marine Corps Reserve, the Coast Guard Reserve, or the Public Health Service Re- serve, shall, so long as they continue to be such members and satisfactorily participate in sched- uled drills and training periods as prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, be exempt from train- ing and service by induction under the provi- sions of this chapter, but shall not be exempt from registration unless on active duty. (2)(A) Any person, other than a person referred to in subsection (d) of this section, who— (i) prior to the issuance of orders for him to report for induction; or (ii) prior to the date scheduled for his induc- tion and pursuant to a proclamation by the Governor of a State to the effect that the au- thorized strength of any organized unit of the National Guard of that State cannot be main- tained by the enlistment or appointment of persons who have not been issued orders to re- port for induction under this chapter; or (iii) prior to the date scheduled for his in- duction and pursuant to a determination by the President that the strength of the Ready Reserve of the Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve cannot be maintained by the enlistment or appointment of persons who have not been issued orders to report for in- duction under this chapter; enlists or accepts appointment, before attaining the age of 26 years, in the Ready Reserve of any Reserve component of the Armed Forces, the Army National Guard, or the Air National Guard, shall be deferred from training and serv- ice under this chapter so long as he serves satis- factorily as a member of an organized unit of such Reserve or National Guard in accordance with section 10147 of title 10 or section 502 of title 32, as the case may be, or satisfactorily performs such other Ready Reserve service as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Enlistments or appointments under subpara- graphs (ii) and (iii) of this clause may be accept- ed notwithstanding the provisions of section 3813(d) of this title. Notwithstanding the provi- sions of subsection (h) of this section, no person deferred under this clause who has completed six years of such satisfactory service as a member of the Ready Reserve or National Guard, and Page 959 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3806 who during such service has performed active duty for training with an armed force for not less than twelve consecutive weeks, shall be lia- ble for induction for training and service under this Act, except after a declaration of war or na- tional emergency made by the Congress after August 9, 1955. In no event shall the number of enlistments or appointments made under au- thority of this paragraph in any fiscal year in any Reserve component of the Armed Forces or in the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard cause the personnel strength of such Re- serve component or the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard, as the case may be, to exceed the personnel strength for which funds have been made available by the Congress for such fiscal year. (B) A person who, under any provision of law, is exempt or deferred from training and service under this Act by reason of membership in a re- serve component, the Army National Guard, or the Air National Guard, as the case may be, shall, if he becomes a member of another reserve component, the Army National Guard, or the Air National Guard, as the case may be, con- tinue to be exempt or deferred to the same ex- tent as if he had not become a member of an- other reserve component, the Army National Guard, or the Air National Guard, as the case may be, so long as he continues to serve satis- factorily. (C) Except as provided in subsection (b) and the provisions of this subsection, no person who becomes a member of a reserve component after February 1, 1951, shall thereby be exempt from registration or training and service by induction under the provisions of this Act. (D) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the President, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, may provide that any person enlisted or appointed after Oc- tober 4, 1961, in the Ready Reserve of any re- serve component of the Armed Forces (other than under section 12103 of title 10), the Army National Guard, or the Air National Guard, prior to attaining age of twenty-six years, or any person enlisted or appointed in the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard or en- listed in the Ready Reserve of any reserve com- ponent prior to attaining the age of eighteen years and six months and deferred under the prior provisions of this paragraph as amended by the Act of October 4, 1961, Public Law 87–378 (75 Stat. 807), or under section 1013 of this title, who fails to serve satisfactorily during his obligated period of service as a member of such Ready Re- serve or National Guard or the Ready Reserve of another reserve component or the National Guard of which he becomes a member, may be selected for training and service and inducted into the armed force of which such reserve com- ponent is a part, prior to the selection and in- duction of other persons liable therefor. (d) Persons who enroll in Armed Forces Officers’ Candidate Schools (1) Within such numbers as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, any person who (A) has been or may hereafter be selected for enroll- ment or continuance in the senior division, Re- serve Officers’ Training Corps, or the Air Re- serve Officers’ Training Corps, or the Naval Re- serve Officers’ Training Corps, or the naval and Marine Corps officer candidate training program established by the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1057), as amended, or the Reserve officers’ candidate program of the Navy, or the platoon leaders’ class of the Marine Corps, or the officer procurement programs of the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Reserve, or appointed an en- sign, United States Navy Reserve, while under- going professional training; (B) agrees, in writ- ing, to accept a commission, if tendered, and to serve, subject to order of the Secretary of the military department having jurisdiction over him (or the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the United States Coast Guard), not less than two years on active duty after re- ceipt of a commission; and (C) agrees to remain a member of a regular or reserve component until the eighth anniversary of the receipt of a commission in accordance with his obligation under the first sentence of section 651 of title 10, or until the sixth anniversary of the receipt of a commission in accordance with his obligation under the second sentence of section 651 of title 10, shall be deferred from induction under this chapter until after completion or termination of the course of instruction and so long as he con- tinues in a regular or reserve status upon being commissioned, but shall not be exempt from reg- istration. Such persons, except those persons who have previously completed an initial period of military training or an equivalent period of active military training and service, shall be re- quired while enrolled in such programs to com- plete a period of training equal (as determined under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the United States Coast Guard) in duration and type of training to an initial pe- riod of military training. There shall be added to the obligated active commissioned service of any person who has agreed to perform such obligatory service in return for financial assist- ance while attending a civilian college under any such training program a period of not to ex- ceed one year. Except as provided in paragraph (5), upon the successful completion by any per- son of the required course of instruction under any program listed in clause (A) of the first sen- tence of this paragraph, such person shall be tendered a commission in the appropriate re- serve component of the Armed Forces if he is otherwise qualified for such appointment. If, at the time of, or subsequent to, such appointment, the armed force in which such person is commis- sioned does not require his service on active duty in fulfillment of the obligation undertaken by him in compliance with clause (B) of the first sentence of this paragraph, such person shall be ordered to active duty for training with such armed force in the grade in which he was com- missioned for a period of active duty for train- ing of not more than six months (not including duty performed under section 10147 of title 10), as determined by the Secretary of the military department concerned to be necessary to qualify such person for a mobilization assignment. Upon being commissioned and assigned to a reserve component, such person shall be required to serve therein, or in a reserve component of any Page 960 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3806 other armed force in which he is later appointed, until the eighth anniversary of the receipt of such commission pursuant to the provisions of this section. So long as such person performs satisfactory service, as determined under regu- lations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, he shall be deferred from training and service under the provisions of this Act. If such person fails to perform satisfactory service, and such failure is not excused under regulations pre- scribed by the Secretary of Defense, his commis- sion may be revoked by the Secretary of the military department concerned. (2) In addition to the training programs enu- merated in paragraph (1) of this subsection, and under such regulations as the Secretary of De- fense (or the Secretary of the Treasury with re- spect to the United States Coast Guard) may ap- prove, the Secretaries of the military depart- ments and the Secretary of the Treasury are au- thorized to establish officer candidate programs leading to the commissioning of persons on ac- tive duty. Any person heretofore or hereafter en- listed in the Army Reserve, the Navy Reserve, the Marine Corps Reserve, the Air Force Re- serve, or the Coast Guard Reserve who there- after has been or may be commissioned therein upon graduation from an Officers’ Candidate School of such Armed Force shall, if not ordered to active duty as a commissioned officer, be de- ferred from training and service under the provi- sions of this Act so long as he performs satisfac- tory service as a commissioned officer in an ap- propriate unit of the Ready Reserve, as deter- mined under regulations prescribed by the Sec- retary of the department concerned. If such per- son fails to perform satisfactory service in such unit, and such failure is not excused under such regulations, his commission may be revoked by such Secretary. (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to preclude the President from providing, by regulations prescribed under subsection (h) of this section, for the deferment from training and service of any category or categories of stu- dents for such periods of time as he may deem appropriate. (4) Omitted (5) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), upon the successful completion by any person of the re- quired course of instruction under any Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program listed in clause (A) of the first sentence of paragraph (1) and subject to the approval of the Secretary of the military department having jurisdiction over him, such person may, without being relieved of his obligation under that sentence, be tendered, and accept, a commission in the National Oce- anic and Atmospheric Administration instead of a commission in the appropriate reserve compo- nent of the Armed Forces. If he does not serve on active duty as a commissioned officer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion for at least six years, he shall, upon dis- charge therefrom, be tendered a commission in the appropriate reserve component of the Armed Forces, if he is otherwise qualified for such ap- pointment, and, in fulfillment of his obligation under the first sentence of paragraph (1), remain a member of a reserve component until the sixth anniversary of the receipt of his commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- tration. While a member of a reserve component he may, in addition to as otherwise provided by law, be ordered to active duty for such period that, when added to the period he served on ac- tive duty as a commissioned officer of the Na- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, equals two years. (e) Aviation cadet applicants Fully qualified and accepted aviation cadet applicants of the Army, Navy, or Air Force who have signed an agreement of service shall, in such numbers as may be designated by the Sec- retary of Defense, be deferred, during the period covered by the agreement but not to exceed four months, from induction for training and service under this chapter but shall not be exempt from registration. (f) Elected officials The Vice President of the United States; the governors of the several States, Territories, and possessions, and all other officials chosen by the voters of the entire State, Territory, or posses- sion; members of the legislative bodies of the United States and of the several States, Terri- tories, and possessions; judges of the courts of record of the United States and of the several States, Territories, possessions, and the District of Columbia shall, while holding such offices, be deferred from training and service under this chapter in the armed forces of the United States. (g) Ministers of religion and students preparing for ministry (1) Regular or duly ordained ministers of reli- gion, as defined in this chapter, shall be exempt from training and service, but not from registra- tion, under this chapter. (2) Students preparing for the ministry under the direction of recognized churches or religious organizations, who are satisfactorily pursuing full-time courses of instruction in recognized theological or divinity schools, or who are satis- factorily pursuing full-time courses of instruc- tion leading to their entrance into recognized theological or divinity schools in which they have been preenrolled, shall be deferred from training and service, but not from registration, under this chapter. Persons who are or may be deferred under the provisions of this subsection shall remain liable for training and service in the Armed Forces under the provisions of sec- tion 3803(a) of this title until the thirty-fifth an- niversary of the date of their birth. The fore- going sentence shall not be construed to prevent the exemption or continued deferment of such persons if otherwise exempted or deferrable under any other provision of this Act. (h) Persons employed in occupations necessary to national health, safety, or interest Except as otherwise provided in this sub- section the President is authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to provide for the deferment from training and service in the Armed Forces of any or all cat- egories of persons whose employment in indus- try, agriculture, or other occupations or em- ployment, or whose continued service in an Of- Page 961 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3806 fice (other than an Office described in subsection (f)) under the United States or any State, terri- tory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, or whose activity in study, research, or medical, dental, veterinary, optometric, osteopathic, sci- entific, pharmaceutical, chiropractic, chiropodial, or other endeavors is found to be necessary to the maintenance of the national health, safety, or interest: Provided, That no per- son within any such category shall be deferred except upon the basis of his individual status: Provided further, That persons who are or may be deferred under the provisions of this section shall remain liable for training and service in the Armed Forces under the provisions of sec- tion 3803(a) of this title until the thirty-fifth an- niversary of the date of their birth. This proviso shall not be construed to prevent the continued deferment of such persons if otherwise defer- rable under any other provisions of this Act. The President is also authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to provide for the deferment from training and service in the Armed Forces (1) of any or all categories of persons in a status with respect to persons (other than wives alone, except in cases of ex- treme hardship) dependent upon them for sup- port which renders their deferment advisable, and (2) of any or all categories of those persons found to be physically, mentally, or morally de- ficient or defective. For the purpose of deter- mining whether or not the deferment of any per- son is advisable, because of his status with re- spect to persons dependent upon him for sup- port, any payments of allowances which are pay- able by the United States to the dependents of persons serving in the Armed Forces of the United States shall be taken into consideration, but the fact that such payments of allowances are payable shall not be deemed conclusively to remove the grounds for deferment when the de- pendency is based upon financial considerations and shall not be deemed to remove the ground for deferment when the dependency is based upon other than financial considerations and cannot be eliminated by financial assistance to the dependents. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the President is also authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may pre- scribe, to provide for the deferment from train- ing and service in the Armed Forces of any or all categories of persons who have children, or wives and children, with whom they maintain a bona fide family relationship in their homes. No deferment from such training and service in the Armed Forces shall be made in the case of any individual except upon the basis of the status of such individual. There shall be posted in a con- spicuous place at the office of each local board a list setting forth the names and classifications of those persons who have been classified by such local board. The President may, in car- rying out the provisions of this chapter, rec- ommend criteria for the classification of persons subject to induction under this chapter, and to the extent that such action is determined by the President to be consistent with the national in- terest, recommend that such criteria be admin- istered uniformly throughout the United States whenever practicable; except that no local board, appeal board, or other agency of appeal of the Selective Service System shall be required to postpone or defer any person by reason of his activity in study, research, or medical, dental, veterinary, optometric, osteopathic, scientific, pharmaceutical, chiropractic, chiropodial, or other endeavors found to be necessary to the maintenance of the national health, safety, or interest solely on the basis of any test, examina- tion, selection system, class standing, or any other means conducted, sponsored, adminis- tered, or prepared by any agency or department of the Federal Government, or any private insti- tution, corporation, association, partnership, or individual employed by an agency or depart- ment of the Federal Government. (i) High school students (1) Any person who is satisfactorily pursuing a full-time course of instruction at a high school or similar institution of learning and is issued an order for induction shall, upon the facts being presented to the local board, have his in- duction postponed (A) until the time of his grad- uation therefrom, or (B) until he attains the twentieth anniversary of his birth, or (C) until he ceases satisfactorily to pursue such course of instruction, whichever is the earliest. Notwith- standing the preceding sentence, any person who attains the twentieth anniversary of his birth after beginning his last academic year of high school shall have his induction postponed until the end of that academic year if and so long as he continues to pursue satisfactorily a full-time course of instruction. (2) Any person who while satisfactorily pur- suing a full-time course of instruction at a col- lege, university, or similar institution is ordered to report for induction under this chapter, shall, upon the appropriate facts being presented to the local board, have his induction postponed (A) until the end of the semester or term, or academic year in the case of his last academic year, or (B) until he ceases satisfactorily to pur- sue such course of instruction, whichever is the earlier. (j) Persons conscientiously opposed to war Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to require any person to be subject to combatant training and service in the armed forces of the United States who, by reason of re- ligious training and belief, is conscientiously op- posed to participation in war in any form. As used in this subsection, the term ‘‘religious training and belief’’ does not include essentially political, sociological, or philosophical views, or a merely personal moral code. Any person claiming exemption from combatant training and service because of such conscientious objec- tions whose claim is sustained by the local board shall, if he is inducted into the armed forces under this chapter, be assigned to non- combatant service as defined by the President, or shall, if he is found to be conscientiously op- posed to participation in such noncombatant service, in lieu of such induction, be ordered by his local board, subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe, to perform for a period equal to the period prescribed in section 3803(b) of this title such civilian work contrib- uting to the maintenance of the national health, safety, or interest as the Director may deem ap- Page 962 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3806 propriate and any such person who knowingly fails or neglects to obey any such order from his local board shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 3811 of this title, to have knowingly failed or neglected to perform a duty required of him under this chapter. The Director shall be re- sponsible for finding civilian work for persons exempted from training and service under this subsection and for the placement of such per- sons in appropriate civilian work contributing to the maintenance of the national health, safe- ty, or interest. (k) Cessation of cause for exemption or deferment No exception from registration, or exemption or deferment from training and service, under this chapter, shall continue after the cause therefor ceases to exist. (l) Absence of parental consent Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one shall be discharged from service in the armed forces of the United States while this chapter is in effect because such person entered such service without the consent of his parent or guardian. (m) Conviction of a criminal offense No person shall be relieved from training and service under this chapter by reason of convic- tion of a criminal offense, except where the of- fense of which he has been convicted may be punished by death, or by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. (n) Review of occupational deferment In the case of any registrant whose principal place of employment is located outside the ap- peal board area in which the local board having jurisdiction over the registrant is located, any occupational deferment made under subsection (h) of this section may, within five days after such deferment is made, be submitted for review and decision to the appeal board having jurisdic- tion over the area in which is located the prin- cipal place of employment of the registrant. Such decision of the appeal board shall be final unless modified or changed by the President, and such decision shall be made public. (o) Person with father, mother, brother, or sister killed or in missing status while serving Except during the period of a war or a national emergency declared by Congress, no person may be inducted for training and service under this chapter unless he volunteers for such induc- tion— (1) if the father or the mother or a brother or a sister of such person was killed in action or died in line of duty while serving in the Armed Forces after December 31, 1959, or died subsequent to such date as a result of injuries received or disease incurred in line of duty during such service, or (2) during any period of time in which the fa- ther or the mother or a brother or a sister of such person is in a captured or missing status as a result of such service. As used in this subsection, the term ‘‘brother’’ or ‘‘sister’’ means a brother of the whole blood or a sister of the whole blood, as the case may be. (June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, § 6, 62 Stat. 609; Sept. 27, 1950, ch. 1059, § 1(6), 64 Stat. 1074; June 19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, § 1(l)–(q), 65 Stat. 83; June 30, 1955, ch. 250, title I, § 101, 69 Stat. 223; Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 665, § 3(b)–(d), 69 Stat. 603, 604; Pub. L. 85–62, §§ 6, 7, June 27, 1957, 71 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 85–722, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 711; Pub. L. 87–378, § 1, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 87–536, July 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 167; Pub. L. 88–110, § 2, Sept. 3, 1963, 77 Stat. 134; Pub. L. 88–360, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 296; Pub. L. 90–40, § 1(4)–(7), June 30, 1967, 81 Stat. 100–102, 104; Pub. L. 91–604, § 15(b)(8)(B), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1712; Pub. L. 92–129, title I, § 101(a)(10)–(22), Sept. 28, 1971, 85 Stat. 349–351; Pub. L. 93–638, title I, § 104(c), formerly § 105(c), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2208, renumbered § 104(c), Pub. L. 100–472, title II, § 203(a), Oct. 5, 1988, 102 Stat. 2290; Pub. L. 94–106, title VIII, § 802(d), Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 537; Pub. L. 96–584, § 3(a), Dec. 23, 1980, 94 Stat. 3377; Pub. L. 98–525, title XV, § 1531, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2631; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1677(f), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 3020; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(e)(11)(C), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2315; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(g)(3)(A), (h), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3236, 3237.) 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. Act of August 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), referred to in sub- sec. (a)(2), is act Aug. 5, 1954, ch. 658, 68 Stat. 674, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 2001 et seq.) of chapter 22 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(3), (b)(3), (c)(2)(A) to (D), (d)(1), (2), (g)(2), and (h), is act June 24, 1948, ch. 625, 62 Stat. 604, known as the Military Selective Serv- ice Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set out under section 3801 of this title and Tables. Section 1013 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(D), was repealed by Pub. L. 88–110, § 1, Sept. 3, 1963, 77 Stat. 134. Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1057), referred to in subsec. (d)(1), is act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 962, 60 Stat. 1057, which was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641, section 1 of which enacted Title 10, Armed Forces. Provisions of the 1946 Act relating to the naval and Marine Corps officer candidate training program were reenacted in sections 6903 to 6908 of Title 10, which were repealed by Pub. L. 88–647, § 301(17), Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1072, and replaced by chapters 102 and 103 of Title 10. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 456 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi- fication and renumbering as this section. Page 963 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3806 AMENDMENTS 2006—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–163, § 515(g)(3)(A), sub- stituted ‘‘members of the United States Navy Reserve’’ for ‘‘United States Naval Reserves’’. Subsec. (d)(1)(A). Pub. L. 109–163, § 515(h), substituted ‘‘United States Navy Reserve’’ for ‘‘United States Naval Reserve’’. Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 109–163, § 515(h), substituted ‘‘Navy Reserve’’ for ‘‘Naval Reserve’’. 2002—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted ‘‘of Homeland Security’’ for ‘‘of Transportation’’ in two places. 1994—Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 103–337, § 1677(f)(1), sub- stituted ‘‘section 10147 of title 10’’ for ‘‘section 270 of title 10’’ in concluding provisions. Subsec. (c)(2)(D). Pub. L. 103–337, § 1677(f)(2), sub- stituted ‘‘section 12103 of title 10’’ for ‘‘section 511(b) of title 10’’. Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 103–337, § 1677(f)(3), substituted ‘‘section 10147 of title 10’’ for ‘‘section 270(a) of title 10’’. 1984—Subsec. (o). Pub. L. 98–525 inserted reference to mother in cls. (1) and (2), exempting from induction any person whose mother was killed in line of duty. 1980—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 96–584 struck out min- imum active duty requirement of not less than three months. 1975—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 93–638 inserted provision relating to assignment of personnel to assist Indian tribes, groups, bands or communities. Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 94–106, in provisions relating to deferment of certain persons from induction who completed six years of active service as members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard, substituted require- ment of performance of active duty for training with an armed force for not less than twelve consecutive weeks during such service for requirement of performance of such active duty for not less than four consecutive months. 1971—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(10), (11), in- serted proviso making subject to registration an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence who by rea- son of occupational status is subject to adjustment to non-immigrant status but who executes a waiver of all rights, privileges, exemptions, and immunities which would otherwise accrue to him as a result of that occu- pational status, and granting a deferment from induc- tion to such alien for so long as such occupational sta- tus continues, and substituted ‘‘twelve months’’ for ‘‘eighteen months’’ as the period of requisite service in the armed forces of a nation with which the United States is associated in mutual defense activities in order to gain an exemption from training and service. Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(12), substituted ‘‘section 3805(a) of this title’’ for ‘‘section 3803(i) of this title’’. Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(13), struck out reference to section 3803(g) of this title. Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(14), substituted ‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’ for ‘‘Secretary of the Treasury’’ and ‘‘section 651 of Title 10’’ for ‘‘section 3803(d)(3) of this title’’. Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(15), reflected cre- ation of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- tration and transfer to such newly created Administra- tion of former Coast and Geodetic Survey. Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(16), changed from an exemption to a deferment the status to be accorded divinity students, with such students to remain liable for training and service until their 35th birthday. Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(17), (18), struck out provisions formerly designated as par. (1) which had covered college student deferments, struck the designa- tion ‘‘(2)’’ preceding the remaining provisions which had theretofore been designated par. (2), and, in such provisions, struck out reference to deferments for per- sons engaged in graduate study. Subsec. (i)(1). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(19), substituted provisions allowing a postponement of induction for high school students for provisions creating a deferment for such students and inserted provisions al- lowing an additional postponement of induction until the end of the academic year for high school students who turn 20 during their last year of high school pro- vided that they continue to pursue satisfactorily a full- time course of instruction. Subsec. (i)(2). Pub. L. 91–129, § 101(a)(20), substituted provisions allowing a postponement of induction for college students for provisions creating a deferment for such students and struck out references to previous deferments and postponements and to the President’s former authority to allow for student deferments. Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(21), substituted ‘‘Director’’ for ‘‘local board pursuant to Presidential regulations’’ and inserted sentence charging the Direc- tor with the responsibility for finding civilian work for persons exempted from training and service and for their placement in appropriate civilian work. Subsec. (o). Pub. L. 92–129, § 101(a)(22), inserted provi- sions for an exemption from training and service during a period of time in which the father or a brother or sis- ter of a person is in a captured or missing status and struck out provisions limiting the exemption from service provided under this subsection to the sole sur- viving son of the family. 1970—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 91–604 inserted ‘‘the Envi- ronmental Protection Agency,’’ after ‘‘Department of Justice,’’. 1967—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–40, § 1(5), designated ex- isting provisions as par. (1), substituted ‘‘Environ- mental Science Services Administration’’ for ‘‘Coast and Geodetic Survey’’, removed commissioned officers, warrant officers, pay clerks, enlisted men, aviation ca- dets, and, while on active duty, members of the reserve component, of the Public Health Service from the list of enumerated personnel relieved from the registration requirement of section 3802 of this title and the train- ing and service requirement of section 3803 of this title, added cadets, United States Air Force Academy, to such lists, and inserted proviso that a person in a med- ical, dental, or allied specialist category not otherwise deferred or exempted under subsec. (a) be liable for reg- istration, training, and service until the thirty-fifth anniversary of the date of his birth, and added par. (2). Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 90–40, § 1(4), gave standby au- thority to both the Governors of the individual States, in the case of the National Guard, and to the President, in the case of the other reserve components, to permit the voluntary enlistment of registrants into these com- ponents during the period following their receipt of an induction notice and the date required for their actual induction, provided that there had previously issued a proclamation that the Governor or the President is not otherwise able to maintain the personnel strengths of the respective components. Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 90–40, § 1(6), established uniform criteria for all undergraduate deferments to continue only until a registrant receives a baccalaureate degree, fails to pursue a full-time course of instruction satis- factorily, or reaches the age of 24, whichever occurs first, at which point students are required to be ex- posed to the hazards of induction in the prime age group in the same manner as their contemporaries who had not been provided student deferments, continued the President’s wide latitude in providing deferments for graduate students in medicine, dentistry, or other subjects deemed essential to the national health, safe- ty, or interest, continued the President’s authority to prescribe areas of deferment based upon occupations or professions essential to the national interest, and called for greater uniformity in the administration of classification criteria for persons subject to induction. Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 90–40, § 1(7), struck out provision that religious training and belief stem from the indi- vidual’s belief in a relation to a Supreme Being involv- ing duties superior to those arising from any human re- lationship, and struck out requirement for a hearing by the Department of Justice when there is an appeal from a local board decision denying conscientious objector status. Page 964 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3806 1964—Subsec. (o). Pub. L. 88–360 exempted sole sur- viving sons from induction in cases where the father was killed in action or in line of duty, permitted the sole surviving son to volunteer for induction, and ter- minated the exemption during time of war or national emergency thereafter declared by Congress. 1963—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 88–110, among other changes, authorized deferment of persons who prior to attaining age 26 and to the issuance of induction orders enlisted or accepted appointment in the Ready Reserve of any reserve component, Army National Guard, or Air National Guard, and served satisfactorily, exempt- ed such persons from induction after completing 6 years service and who during such service performed active duty for training for not less than 4 consecutive months, and struck out provisions which deferred per- sons who prior to attaining 18 years and 6 months of age, and prior to issuance of induction orders, enlisted or accepted appointment in any organized unit of the National Guard, exempted such persons from training and service by reason of subsec. (h) of this section after they attained age 28, or who completed 8 years of serv- ice in such unit and performed active duty for training for not less than 3 consecutive months, authorized the President to accept enlistments in the Ready Reserve, whenever he determined its strength could not be maintained at a necessary level for defense, of persons who had not attained age 18 years and 6 months, and who had not been ordered to report for induction, and exempted such persons from liability under subsec. (h) of this section after attaining age 28 years, permitted volunteers to perform a period of active duty pursuant to section 1013 of this title, and exempted such persons from induction after serving 8 years in the Ready Re- serve. 1962—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 87–536 inserted ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (5),’’ before ‘‘upon the successful completion by any person’’ and added par. (5). 1961—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 87–378, § 1(1), included members of the National Guard deferred by clause (A) of this paragraph, or any person enlisted or appointed in the Ready Reserve of any reserve component other than under section 511(b) of Title 10, Armed Forces, the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard after Oct. 4, 1961, but prior to attaining age 26, who fail to serve satisfactorily as a member of their components within clause (E) of this paragraph, and struck out ‘‘or appointed’’ after ‘‘may provide that any person en- listed’’. Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 87–378, § 1(2), substituted ‘‘If, at the time of, or subsequent to, such appointment’’ for ‘‘If, at the time of such appointment’’, changed the pe- riod of active duty for training in grade, where the armed force in which such person is commissioned does not require his service on active duty, from 6 months to a period of not less than 3 months or more than 6 months, not including duty performed under section 270(a) of Title 10, Armed Forces, as is determined to qualify such person for a mobilization assignment, and substituted the requirement that upon being commis- sioned and assigned to a reserve component, such per- son must serve therein, or in a reserve component of any other armed force in which he is later appointed, for provisions which required such person to be re- turned to inactive duty and assigned to an appropriate reserve unit upon completion of the required period of active duty for training. 1958—Subsec. (c)(2)(F). Pub. L. 85–722 added subpar. (F). 1957—Subsec. (b)(5)(E). Pub. L. 85–62, §§ 6, 9, tempo- rarily, added subpar. (E). See Effective and Termi- nation Dates of 1957 Amendment note below. Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 85–62, §§ 7, 9, added par. (4). See Effective and Termination Dates of 1957 Amendment note below. 1955—Subsec. (a). Act June 30, 1955, § 101(a), exempted from training and service, but not from registration, those persons who served on active duty for not less than 18 months since June 24, 1948 in the armed forces of a nation with which the United States is associated in mutual defense activities. Subsec. (b)(3). Act June 30, 1955, § 101(b), exempted in- dividuals who have served not less than one year after September 16, 1940, or who were discharged after such date for the convenience of the Government and had served not less than six months, or who served not less than twenty-four months in the Public Health Service or in the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Subsec. (c)(2). Act Aug. 9, 1955, § 3(b), exempted from induction persons who have completed eight years of satisfactory service as members of an organized unit of the National Guard, with a minimum of not less than three consecutive months of active duty for training, and added cls. (C), (D), and (E). Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Act June 30, 1955, § 101(c), inserted provisions to exempt persons from liability for induc- tion after attaining age 28. Subsec. (d)(1). Act Aug. 9, 1955, § 3(c), deferred from in- duction any person who agrees to remain a member of a regular or reserve component until the sixth anniver- sary of the receipt of a commission, provided that all qualified graduates must be tendered a commission in the appropriate reserve component, and permitted ac- tive duty for training for a period of six months upon completion of which he must serve in the component in which appointed until the eighth anniversary of the re- ceipt of the commission. Subsec. (d)(2). Act Aug. 9, 1955, § 3(d), permitted deferment of commissioned officers who perform satis- factory service in an appropriate unit of the Ready Re- serve. Subsec. (h). Act June 30, 1955, § 101(d), provided that determination of deferment shall not be based on exist- ence of a shortage or a surplus of any agricultural com- modity. 1951—Subsec. (a). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(l), exempted Naval reserve midshipmen attending merchant marine schools and students enrolled in military colleges which have approved ROTC courses from registration and induction. Subsec. (c). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(m), substituted ‘‘February 1, 1941’’ for ‘‘the effective date of this title’’ in par. (1), inserted ‘‘prior to the determination by the Secretary of Defense that adequate trained personnel are available to the National Guard to enable it to maintain its strength authorized by current appropria- tions, and prior to the issuance of orders for him to re- port for induction’’ after ‘‘six months’’ in par. (2)(A), and inserted ‘‘, paragraph (1) of this subsection’’ after ‘‘subsection (b)’’ in par. (2)(B). Subsec. (d). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(n), continued deferments to ROTC members but increased their pe- riod of service from 2 years to 6 years after receiving their commission (including 2 years active duty or 3 years active duty if financial assistance is received), authorized establishment of other training programs, and provided for the President’s deferment power. Subsec. (h). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(o), removed the President’s authority to defer married men who have no dependents other than a wife solely on a basis of such marriage unless extreme hardship is involved, per- mitted the induction of persons now deferred until the thirty-fifth anniversary of their birth should the basis for deferment terminate after their 26th birthday, and inserted ‘‘dental, optometric, osteopathic, and chiro- practic’’ to list of endeavors which may be considered for deferment purposes. Subsec. (i). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(p), authorized deferment of high school and college students in lieu of postponement of induction in order to give them an op- portunity to enlist in the branch of service of their choice during such deferment period. Subsec. (j). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(q), substituted ‘‘in lieu of such induction, be ordered by his local board, subject to such regulations as the President may pre- scribe, to perform for a period equal to the period pre- scribed in section 3803(b) of this title such civilian work contributing to the maintenance of the national health, safety, or interest as the local board may deem appropriate and any such person who knowingly fails or neglects to obey any such order from his local board Page 965 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3806 shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 3811 of this title, to have knowingly failed or neglected to perform a duty required of him under this title’’ for ‘‘be de- ferred’’ in third sentence, and ‘‘he shall in lieu of such induction be ordered by his local board, subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe, to perform for a period equal to the period prescribed in section 3803(b) of this title such civilian work contributing to the maintenance of the national health, safety, or in- terest as the local board may deem appropriate and any such person who knowingly fails or neglects to obey any such order from his local board shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 3811 of this title, to have know- ingly failed or neglected to perform a duty required of him under this title’’ for ‘‘he shall be deferred’’ in sev- enth sentence. 1950—Subsec. (b)(2). Act Sept. 27, 1950, struck out of subpars. (A) and (B) ‘‘or the Coast Guard’’, ‘‘(or the Coast Guard)’’, and ‘‘or in the Coast Guard’’ wherever appearing. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME References to Naval Reserve, other than references to Naval Reserve regarding the United States Naval Re- serve Retired List, deemed to refer to Navy Reserve, see section 515(h) of Pub. L. 109–163, set out as a note under section 10101 of Title 10, Armed Forces. 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 1994 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 103–337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10001 of Title 10, Armed Forces. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 96–584, § 3(b), Dec. 23, 1980, 94 Stat. 3377, pro- vided that: ‘‘The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply only to persons or- dered to active duty for training after the effective date of this Act [Dec. 23, 1980].’’ EFFECTIVE AND TERMINATION DATES OF 1957 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 85–62 to take effect on July 1, 1957, and terminate on July 1, 1973, see section 9 of Pub. L. 85–62, set out as a note under section 3803 of this title. SAVINGS PROVISION; REPEAL OF COLLEGE STUDENT DEFERMENT Pub. L. 92–129, title I, § 101(b), Sept. 28, 1971, 85 Stat. 354, provided that: ‘‘Notwithstanding the repeal of sec- tion 6(h)(1) of the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 [50 U.S.C. 3806(h)(1)] made by subsection (a)(17) of this section, any person (1) who is satisfactorily pursuing a full-time course of instruction at a college, university, or similar institution of higher learning, (2) who met the academic requirements of a student deferment pre- scribed in such section 6(h)(1), and (3) who was satisfac- torily pursuing such a full-time course prior to the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 28, 1971] and during the 1970–1971 regular academic school year shall be deferred from induction for training and service in the Armed Forces under the same terms and conditions such per- son would have been deferred under the provisions of such section 6(h)(1) had such provision not been re- pealed.’’ 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. Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transpor- tation, and functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary of the Treasury and of all other officers and offices of Department of the Treas- ury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2) of Pub. L. 89–670, however, provided that not- withstanding such transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in time of war or when President directs as provided in former section 3 (now 103) of Title 14, Coast Guard. DISCHARGE OF SURVIVING SONS Pub. L. 92–129, title I, § 101(d), Sept. 28, 1971, 85 Stat. 354, provided that: ‘‘(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection any surviving son or sons of a family who (A) were inducted into the Armed Forces under the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 [now the Military Selective Service Act, see References in Text note set out under section 3801 of this title], (B) have not reen- listed or otherwise voluntarily extended their period of active duty in the Armed Forces, and (C) are serving on active duty with the Armed Forces on or after the date of enactment of this subsection [Sept. 28, 1971], and such son or sons could not, if they were not in the Armed Forces, be involuntarily inducted into military service under the Military Selective Service Act as a result of the amendment made by paragraph (22) of sub- section (a) of this section [amending this section], such surviving son or sons shall, upon application, be promptly discharged from the Armed Forces. ‘‘(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply in the case of any member of the Armed Forces against whom court-martial charges are pend- ing, or in the case of any member who has been tried and convicted by a court-martial for an offense and whose case is being reviewed or appealed, or in the case of any member who has been tried and convicted by a court-martial for an offense and who is serving a sen- tence (or otherwise satisfying punishment) imposed by such court-martial, until final action (including com- pletion of any punishment imposed pursuant to such court-martial) has been completed with respect to such charges, review, or appeal, or until the sentence has been served (or until any other punishment imposed has been satisfied), as the case may be. The President shall have authority to implement the provisions of this subsection by regulations. ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding the amendment made by para- graph (22) of subsection (a) of this section [amending this section], except during the period of a war or a na- tional emergency declared by Congress, the sole sur- viving son of any family in which the father or one or more sons or daughters thereof were killed in action before January 1, 1960, or died in line of duty before January 1, 1960, while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, or died subsequent to such date as a result of injuries received or disease incurred before such date during such service shall not be inducted under the Military Selective Service Act [see Ref- erences in Text note set out under section 3801 of this title] unless he volunteers for induction.’’ PRIOR OBLIGATED SERVICE Pub. L. 88–110, § 5, Sept. 3, 1963, 77 Stat. 136, provided that: ‘‘This Act [amending this section, section 3812 of this title and sections 270 and 12103 of Title 10, Armed Forces, and repealing section 1013 of this title] shall not affect any term of obligated service incurred before the effective date of this Act [Sept. 3, 1963]. In addition, the enactment of this Act [Sept. 3, 1963] shall not in- Page 966 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3807 crease the minimum period of active duty or active duty for training that is required on the day before the effective date of this Act to earn an exemption from training and service under the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.) [now 50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.], in the case of persons who entered the Armed Forces before the effec- tive date of this Act.’’ Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Treasury, with cer- tain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Functions of Coast Guard, and Com- mandant of Coast Guard, excepted from transfer when Coast Guard is operating as part of Navy under former sections 1 and 3 (now 101 and 103) of Title 14, Coast Guard. Environmental Science Services Administration in Department of Commerce, including offices of Adminis- trator and Deputy Administrator thereof, abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Govern- ment Organization and Employees, which created Na- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in De- partment of Commerce and transferred personnel, prop- erty, records, and unexpended balances of funds of En- vironmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- ministration. Components of Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included Weather Bureau [now National Weather Service], Coast and Geodetic Survey [now National Ocean Survey], En- vironmental Data Service, National Environmental Satellite Center, and ESSA Research Laboratories. In order to implement the provisions of Reorganiza- tion Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, the following organizational names appear- ing in chapter IX of subtitle B of Title 15, Code of Fed- eral Regulations, which covers administration of Na- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, were changed by order of Acting Associate Administrator, 35 F.R. 19249, Dec. 19, 1970, as follows: Environmental Science Services Administration to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (ESSA to NOAA); Coast and Geodetic Survey to National Ocean Survey; and Weather Bureau to National Weather Service. Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with Na- tional Weather Bureau in 1965 to form Environmental Science Services Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318. Envi- ronmental Science Services Administration abolished in 1970 and its personnel, property, records, etc., trans- ferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- tration by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090. By order of Acting Associate Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 35 F.R. 19249, Dec. 19, 1970, Coast and Geodetic Survey redesignated National Ocean Survey. See notes set out under section 311 of Title 15, Com- merce and Trade. Functions of Public Health Service, Surgeon General of Public Health Service, and all other officers and em- ployees of Public Health Service, and functions of all agencies of or in Public Health Service transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Or- ganization and Employees. Secretary of Health, Edu- cation, and Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 3508(b) of Title 20, Edu- cation. DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Functions of President delegated to Director of Se- lective Service concerning establishment, implementa- tion, and administration of program for return of Viet- nam era draft evaders and military deserters, see Ex. Ord. No. 11804, Sept. 16, 1974, 39 F.R. 33299, set out under section 3811 of this title. PROGRAM FOR RETURN OF VIETNAM ERA DRAFT EVADERS AND MILITARY DESERTERS Proc. No. 4313, Sept. 16, 1974, 39 F.R. 33293, 88 Stat. 2504, set out under section 3811 of this title, provided for a program for return of Vietnam era draft evaders and military deserters. EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 11803 Ex. Ord. No. 11803, Sept. 16, 1974, 39 F.R. 33297, set out under section 3811 of this title, provided for review by Clemency Board of convictions of violations under sub- sec. (j) of this section. EX. ORD. NO. 10028. DEFINITION OF NONCOMBATANT SERVICE AND NONCOMBATANT TRAINING Ex. Ord. No. 10028, Jan. 13, 1949, 14 F.R. 211, provided: 1. The term ‘‘noncombatant service’’ shall mean (a) service in any unit of the armed forces which is un- armed at all times; (b) service in the medical depart- ment of any of the armed forces, wherever performed; or (c) any other assignment the primary function of which does not require the use of arms in combat; pro- vided that such other assignment is acceptable to the individual concerned and does not require him to bear arms or to be trained in their use. 2. The term ‘‘noncombatant training’’ shall mean any training which is not concerned with the study, use, or handling of arms or weapons. HARRY S TRUMAN. § 3807. Bounties for induction; substitutes; pur- chase of release No bounty may be paid to induce any person to be inducted into an armed force. A clothing allowance authorized by law is not a bounty for the purposes of this section. No person liable for training and service under this Act may furnish a substitute for that training or service. No per- son may be enlisted, inducted, or appointed in an armed force as a substitute for another. No person liable for training and service under sec- tion 3803 of this title may escape that training and service or be discharged before the end of his period of training and service by paying money or any other valuable thing as consider- ation for his release from that training and serv- ice or liability therefor. (June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, § 8, 62 Stat. 614; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 22(d), 70A Stat. 630.) 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 Act, referred to in text, is act June 24, 1948, ch. 625, 62 Stat. 604, known as the Military Selective Serv- ice Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set out under section 3801 of this title and Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 458 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi- fication and renumbering as this section.