Selective Service Act
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Selective Service Act may refer to:
It also may potentially refer to:
- Selective Service Act of 1917Selective Service Act of 1917The Selective Service Act or Selective Draft Act was passed by the Congress of the United States on May 18, 1917. It was envisioned in December 1916 and brought to President Woodrow Wilson's attention shortly after the break in relations with Germany in February 1917...
, or Selective Draft Act, (40 Stat. 76) which was passed by the Congress of the United States on May 18, 1917. It was for men to go to WWI at a young age.
- Selective Training and Service Act of 1940Selective Training and Service Act of 1940The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, also known as the Burke-Wadsworth Act, was passed by the Congress of the United States on September 17, 1940, becoming the first peacetime conscription in United States history when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed it into law two days later...
, (54 Stat. 885) which was passed by the Congress of the United States on September 16, 1940
- Selective Service Act of 1948Selective Service Act of 1948The Selective Service Act of 1948, also known as the Elston Act, , was a major revision of the Articles of War of the United States and established the current implementation of the Selective Service System...
, Pub.L. 90-40, 62 Stat. 604, enacted June 24, 1948
It also may potentially refer to:
- Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951
- Military Selective Service Act of 1967