Selective Training and Service Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Selective_Training_and_Service_Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Selective_Service_Act_of_1940
gptkbp:appliesTo men aged 21 to 35 (later expanded to 18 to 45)
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States_federal_defense_and_national_security_legislation
1940 in American law
Military draft in the United States
gptkbp:citation gptkb:54_Stat._885
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first peacetime conscription in U.S. history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Selective Training and Service Act
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Public_Law_76-783
gptkbp:purpose establish peacetime conscription in the United States
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Universal_Military_Training_and_Service_Act
June 24, 1948
gptkbp:requires registration for military service
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
September 16, 1940
gptkbp:startDate September 16, 1940
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_(during_WWII)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7