Selective Training and Service Act of 1940

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United States federal law conscription law

The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was a U.S. federal law that established the first peacetime military draft in American history, creating the framework for conscription during World War II.

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Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 canonical 10
Selective Training and Service Act amendments 1
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 amendments 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
conscription law ⓘ
affected mobilization of U.S. forces for World War II ⓘ
ageRange 21 to 35 years at enactment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Burke–Wadsworth Act ⓘ
appliedDuring peacetime ⓘ
appliedTo male citizens of the United States ⓘ
male resident aliens in the United States ⓘ
appliedToBranch United States Army Air Corps ⓘ
surface form: Army Air Corps

United States Army ⓘ
authorizedAgency Selective Service System ⓘ
classificationSystem system of draft classifications for registrants ⓘ
containedProvision prohibition on deployment of draftees outside the Western Hemisphere without their consent (later modified) ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
created first peacetime draft in United States history ⓘ
enactedBy 76th United States Congress ⓘ
established appeal boards for draft classifications ⓘ
local draft boards ⓘ
exempted conscientious objectors from combatant training and service ⓘ
followedBy Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
surface form: Selective Service Act of 1948
governs obligations of eligible males for military training and service ⓘ
historicalSignificance first peacetime conscription law in United States history ⓘ
implementedBy United States Department of War ⓘ
surface form: War Department
influenced later U.S. conscription policies and legislation ⓘ
inForceDuring World War II ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
language English ⓘ
laterAmendedAgeRange 18 to 45 years ⓘ
laterServiceObligationLength 18 months ⓘ
24 months ⓘ
legalStatus superseded ⓘ
legislativeContext enacted during period of rising global tensions before U.S. entry into World War II ⓘ
namedAfter Edward R. Burke ⓘ
James W. Wadsworth Jr. ⓘ
opposedBy some isolationist members of Congress ⓘ
politicalSupportFrom Roosevelt administration ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
precededBy Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
surface form: World War I era Selective Service Act of 1917
primaryPurpose to provide for the common defense by increasing the personnel of the armed forces of the United States ⓘ
providedFor alternative service for conscientious objectors ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 76-783 ⓘ
regulated conscription in the United States during World War II ⓘ
relatedTo United States Army expansion prior to World War II ⓘ
required registration of eligible men with local draft boards ⓘ
serviceObligationLength 12 months of training and service at enactment ⓘ
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
signingDate 1940-09-16 ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 54 Stat. 885 ⓘ
tookEffectOn 1940-09-16 ⓘ
topic military conscription in the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Selective Service System → formedBy → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
77th United States Congress → passedLegislation → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selective Training and Service Act amendments
United States home front during World War II → keyProgram → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
United States Armed Forces in World War II → conscription → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
76th United States Congress → enacted → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
SSS → historicalPredecessor → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
subject surface form: Selective Service System
this entity surface form: World War II Selective Service system
Military Selective Service Act → originalTitle → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
Burke–Wadsworth Act → alsoKnownAs → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
Burke–Wadsworth Act → shortTitle → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
Burke–Wadsworth Act → replacedBy → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 amendments
Public Law 76-783 → shortTitle → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 → amends → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 → relatedTo → Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ