Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951

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United States federal statute conscription law

The Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 was a U.S. federal law that expanded and extended peacetime conscription during the early Cold War, strengthening the nation’s draft system and military manpower.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Universal Military Training and Service Act	1
Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 canonical	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ conscription law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	1951 amendments to the Selective Service Act ⓘ
amends	Military Selective Service Act ⓘ surface form: Selective Service Act of 1948 Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
appliesTo	Selective Service System ⓘ male U.S. citizens ⓘ male resident aliens in the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enactedDuring	82nd United States Congress ⓘ
enactedInContextOf	Cold War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ
established	longer-term framework for peacetime conscription ⓘ
expanded	scope of conscription in the United States ⓘ
extended	duration of the draft authority ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early Cold War ⓘ
impact	expanded pool of eligible draftees ⓘ institutionalized long-term draft planning ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
language	English ⓘ
legalForm	public law ⓘ
legalStatus	amended by later conscription legislation ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
policyArea	military manpower ⓘ national defense ⓘ national security ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
purpose	to expand peacetime conscription in the United States ⓘ to increase U.S. military manpower ⓘ to strengthen the U.S. draft system ⓘ
regulates	obligations of draft-age men ⓘ
relatedTo	Military Selective Service Act ⓘ Military Selective Service Act ⓘ surface form: Selective Service Act of 1948 Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
requires	registration with the Selective Service System ⓘ
revises	U.S. peacetime draft system ⓘ
signedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
strengthened	authority of the Selective Service System ⓘ
subject	Selective Service System ⓘ surface form: Selective Service registration military conscription ⓘ universal military training ⓘ
typeOfDraft	peacetime conscription ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Military Selective Service Act → amendedBy → Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 ⓘ

Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952 → relatedTo → Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Universal Military Training and Service Act