Selective Training and Service Act of 1940

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Selective_Training_and_Service_Act_of_1940
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Burke–Wadsworth_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Selective_Training_and_Service_Act_Amendments_of_1941
gptkbp:appliesTo men aged 21 to 36
gptkbp:billIntroducedBy gptkb:Edward_A._Burke
gptkb:James_W._Wadsworth_Jr.
gptkbp:context gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:76th_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:extendedServiceDuration 18 months
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:militaryService 12 months
gptkbp:precededBy no previous peacetime draft in U.S. history
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Pub.L._76–783
gptkbp:purpose establish the first peacetime conscription in United States history
gptkbp:registration all male citizens and resident aliens
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Selective_Service_System
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Universal_Military_Training_and_Service_Act
yes
June 24, 1948
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
September 16, 1940
gptkbp:startDate September 16, 1940
gptkbp:statutesAtLargeCitation gptkb:54_Stat._885
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Military_Selective_Service_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6