Military Selective Service Act

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United States federal law conscription law

The Military Selective Service Act is a United States federal law that authorizes the government to maintain a system for conscription (the draft) of individuals into the armed forces in times of national emergency or war.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Military Selective Service Act canonical 6
Selective Service Act of 1948 6
Selective Service Act of 1917 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
conscription law ⓘ
administeredBy Selective Service System ⓘ
amendedBy Military Selective Service Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Military Selective Service Act of 1967

Military Selective Service Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Military Selective Service Act of 1971

Military Selective Service Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Military Selective Service Act of 1973

Military Selective Service Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Military Selective Service Act of 1975

Military Selective Service Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Military Selective Service Act of 1980

Military Selective Service Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Selective Service Act of 1948

Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 ⓘ
appliesIn times of national emergency ⓘ
times of war ⓘ
appliesTo male U.S. citizens ⓘ
male U.S. residents ⓘ
associatedCase Rostker v. Goldberg ⓘ
authorizes Selective Service System ⓘ
induction of registrants into the armed forces ⓘ
codifiedIn 50 U.S.C. § 3801 et seq. ⓘ
containsProvision alternative service for conscientious objectors ⓘ
conscientious objector status ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateEnacted 1940-09-16 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
governs obligations of eligible males to register for the draft ⓘ
historicalContext World War II mobilization ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States Supreme Court
language English ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
originalTitle Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ⓘ
penaltyForNoncompliance criminal penalties ⓘ
loss of certain federal benefits ⓘ
providesFor classification of registrants ⓘ
deferments ⓘ
exemptions ⓘ
purpose to authorize conscription into the U.S. armed forces ⓘ
registrationAgeRange 18–25 ⓘ
regulates procedures for a military draft in the United States ⓘ
relatedTo United States Armed Forces ⓘ
conscription in the United States ⓘ
replaced earlier peacetime draft proposals ⓘ
requires registration with the Selective Service System ⓘ
Rostker v. GoldbergDecisionYear 1981 ⓘ
Rostker v. GoldbergHolding male-only registration upheld as constitutional at that time ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
shortName MSSA ⓘ
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
subjectMatter military conscription ⓘ
selective service registration ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Selective Service System → legalBasis → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
Woodrow Wilson administration → notablePolicy → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selective Service Act of 1917
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 → precededBy → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War I era Selective Service Act of 1917
Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 → followedBy → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selective Service Act of 1948
SSS → legalBasis → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Selective Service System
SSS → subjectOf → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Selective Service System
this entity surface form: Military Selective Service Act requirements
Military Selective Service Act → amendedBy → Military Selective Service Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selective Service Act of 1948
Military Selective Service Act → amendedBy → Military Selective Service Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Selective Service Act of 1967
Military Selective Service Act → amendedBy → Military Selective Service Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Selective Service Act of 1971
Military Selective Service Act → amendedBy → Military Selective Service Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Selective Service Act of 1973
Military Selective Service Act → amendedBy → Military Selective Service Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Selective Service Act of 1975
Military Selective Service Act → amendedBy → Military Selective Service Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Selective Service Act of 1980
National Defense Act of 1916 → relatedTo → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selective Service Act of 1917
United States Armed Forces in World War I → mobilizationLaw → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selective Service Act of 1917
Burke–Wadsworth Act → followedBy → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selective Service Act of 1948
Public Law 76-783 → subject → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: selective service
Public Law 76-783 → relatedTo → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selective Service Act of 1948
Public Law 76-783 → relatedTo → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
MSSA → standsFor → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
MSSA → refersTo → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Military Selective Service Act
Rostker v. Goldberg → legalProvision → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 → amends → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selective Service Act of 1948
Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 → relatedTo → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 → relatedTo → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selective Service Act of 1948
65th United States Congress → enacted → Military Selective Service Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Selective Service Act of 1917