Selective Service Act of 1917

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Selective_Service_Act_of_1917
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Espionage_Act_of_1917
gptkbp:appliesTo United States male citizens and residents ages 21 to 30
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States_military_law
Conscription law
1917 in American law
gptkbp:dateEnacted May 18, 1917
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:Selective_Service_System
gptkbp:expansion ages 18 to 45 in 1918
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Selective Service Act of 1917
gptkbp:longTitle gptkb:An_Act_to_authorize_the_President_to_increase_temporarily_the_Military_establishment_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Pub.L._65–12
gptkbp:purpose authorize federal government to raise a national army for American entry into World War I through conscription
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:World_War_I
conscription in the United States
gptkbp:repealedBy 1918
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Selective_Service_Act_of_1940
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Selective_Service_Act
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:statutesAtLargeCitation gptkb:40_Stat._76
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_entry_into_World_War_I
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6