Selective Service Act of 1948

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Selective_Service_Act_of_1948
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Selective_Service_System
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Military_Selective_Service_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy multiple times
gptkbp:appliesTo male U.S. citizens and male immigrant non-citizens ages 18 through 25
peacetime and wartime
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:50_U.S.C._App._451_et_seq.
gptkbp:dateEnacted June 24, 1948
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:excludes conscientious objectors
certain government officials
ministers and divinity students
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Selective Service Act of 1948
gptkbp:penalty fine and/or imprisonment
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Pub.L._80–759
gptkbp:purpose establish peacetime conscription in the United States
gptkbp:registration within 30 days of 18th birthday
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Korean_War_draft
gptkb:United_States_military_draft
Vietnam War draft
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Selective_Training_and_Service_Act_of_1940
gptkbp:restored after World War II
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:subject presidential proclamation for induction
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Universal_Military_Training_and_Service_Act
gptkb:Sole_Survivor_Policy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7