The 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

Selective Service System

The Selective Service System is a means by which the United States government maintains information on those potentially subject to military conscription. Most male U.S. citizens and male immigrant non-citizens between the ages of 18 and 25 are required by law to have registered within 30 days of...

. The previous Selective Training and Service Act of 1940

Selective Training and Service Act of 1940

The 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...

(STSA) was repealed by the Act of March 31, 1947, liquidated, and replaced by a new and distinct Selective Service System established by this Act.

It has had amendments, extensions, and changes of name since 1948, including:

• change of name to Universal Military Training and Service Act by Sec. 1 of
• change of name to Military Selective Service Act of 1967 by Sec. 1 of
• change of name to Military Selective Service Act by Sec. 101(a) of