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  Selective Service Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was passed by the Congress of the United States on September 6, 1940 becoming the first peacetime conscription in United States history.
A new selective service act was passed in 1948 that required all men between 18 and 26 register and that made men from 19 to 26 liable for induction for 21 months' service, which would be followed by 5 years of reserve duty.
Though the United States halted conscription in 1973, the Selective Service remains as a means to register American males upon reaching the age of 18 as a contingency should the measure be reintroduced.
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 Selective Service System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was passed by the Congress of the United States on September 16, 1940, becoming the first peacetime conscription in United States history.
Although the Selective Service System is authorized by the Selective Service Act, some argue the constitutionality of the act, claiming the law violates the Thirteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by providing for military conscription.
Class 4-G: Registrant exempted from service because of the death of his parent or sibling while serving in the Armed Forces or whose parent or sibling is in a captured or missing in action status.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Selective_Service   (1512 words)

  
 selective service - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Military Selective Service Act of 1967 required all men between the ages of 18 and 26 to register for service.
Selective CEO Gregory E. Murphy and CFO Dale A. Thatcher to Present at Sandler O'Neill Financial Services Conference On 6/10/2004.
Selective CFO Dale A. Thatcher and VP Jennifer DiBerardino to Present at the Piper Jaffray 16th Annual Financial Services Conference.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/s1/selectiv.asp   (738 words)

  
 Office of Financial Aid: Selective Service Information
Selective Service is not a part of the Department of Defense.
Under this law, the mission of the Selective Service System is to provide the numbers of men needed by the Armed Forces, within the time required, should Congress and the President decide to return to a draft, in the event of a national emergency.
Selective Service would also be responsible for administering a program of alternative service for conscientious objectors.
www.hunter.cuny.edu /finaid/selective.html   (1406 words)

  
 Selective Service System: Welcome
Selective Service does not collect any information which would indicate whether or not you are undocumented.
William A. Chatfield became the 11th Director of Selective Service having been nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
View the Selective Service Annual Report to the Congress of the United States.
www.sss.gov   (277 words)

  
 Information for Registrants - Selective Service System
Selective Service will notify a registrant who must appear before the Local Board, or who has asked to appear before the Local Board, of the date, time, and place he is scheduled to appear.
Selective Service will also ask the registrant for more information when it is needed, and provide instructions for any other actions the registrant should take.
Selective Service will receive notification from the MEPS when the registrant is found not qualified, either as a result of an Armed Forces examination or a "papers only" review.
www.pueblo.gsa.gov /cic_text/misc/selective-service/info4reg.htm   (9550 words)

  
 How To Stay Out of the Military by David Wiggins
According to reports from the Selective Service System, forty percent of the men who are required to register for the draft don't register in the sixty-day time period required by law.
The Selective Service publishes a booklet titled "Information for Registrants" which lists each category of claim for postponement of induction into the armed forces and each type of reclassification to become exempt from the draft.
According to the Selective Service, a conscientious objector is one who is opposed to serving in the armed forces and/or bearing arms on the grounds of moral or religious principles.
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The object of selective service is to provide men for our Army and Navy and at the same time disturb as little as possible the normal life of the nation.
Selective service consists of four steps, which singly and in the group have been developed to operate with the fairness and justice characteristic of free, democratic institutions.
In the military service, Americans from all walks of life, rich and poor, country-bred and city raised, farmer, student, manual laborer and white collar worker, will learn to live side by side, to depend upon each other in military drills and maneuvers, and to appreciate each other's dignity as American citizens.
www.uhuh.com /laws/donncoll/eo/1940/P2425.TXT   (1550 words)

  
 Selective Service - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Selective Service, term used in the United States, popularly called the draft, to designate the systems of military conscription established by...
Selective Service Cases, several cases heard in the Supreme Court of the United States (including Arver v.
Selective Service, U.S. conscription in the 20th century, use in World War I
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 How Do I Register with Selective Service?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Selective Service registration allows the United States Government to maintain a list of names of men who may be called into military service in case of a national emergency requiring rapid expansion of the U.S. Armed Forces.
By registering all young men, the Selective Service can ensure that any future draft will be fair and equitable.
Failure to register for the Selective Service may (in certain instances) make you ineligible for certain immigration benefits, such as citizenship.
uscis.gov /graphics/howdoi/selsvc.htm   (216 words)

  
 SSS - Selective Service and the Draft Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Selective Service Registration Federal law requires that men register within 30 days of their 18th birthday.
The Draft The Selective Service System does not currently have authority to draft men to serve in the military.
The first to be called (in a sequence determined by the lottery) would be men whose 20th birthday fell during that year, followed, if necessary, by those aged 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25.
www.specialservices.ucr.edu /ssdi.html   (446 words)

  
 What is the Selective Service System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Director of Selective Service is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
Failure to register, or otherwise comply with the Military Selective Service Act is, upon conviction, punishable by a fine of up to $250,000, imprisonment for up to five years, or both.
To notify Selective Service, mark your change of address on the Change Form attached to the Registration Acknowledgment and mail it to Selective Service or complete a Change of Information Form, SSS Form 2, which you can obtain at any U.S. Post Office or U.S. Embassy or Consulate office.
www.shermantraining.com /Selective_Service.htm   (1577 words)

  
 Men and Women Who Dare to Say No: Mennonite Resistance to Draft Registration, 1980 - 1985
In addition, the Selective Service took a random sample that showed that 1.8 percent of those registering had made an indication on the registration form that they were doing so under protest or that they were conscientiously opposed to participation in the military.
During the spring of 1981, the Selective Service System reported that the compliance rate for the January 5 to 10, 1981 registration period was eighty-seven percent, which was down from the summer registration period.
In addition, under the Military Selective Service Act Carter's Presidential Proclamation 4771 of July 2, 1980, which ordered the resumption of registration procedures was subject to a similar thirty-day public comment period.
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 Draft Registration Options : Selective Service : Youth & Militarism : AFSC
To make matters worse, many people are indefinitely barred from receiving these benefits since the Selective Service System (the government bureaucracy that administers the draft) does not allow a person to register after he turns 26.
Selective Service's own estimates are of 80% compliance.
There is no legal procedure for "registering as conscientious objector." Some people register for selective service but place messages stating their opposition to war in the margins.
www.afsc.org /youthmil/selective-service/selective-service-choices.htm   (799 words)

  
 Selective Service Registration > UTSA Human Resources > University of Texas at San Antonio
This law requires males from 18 and less than 26 years of age to provide proof of registration with the Selective Service prior to employment with the State of Texas.
Although the Selective Service Act is not applicable to males who are from 18 and less than 26 years of age and are in the United States as nonimmigrant aliens, it is suggested that non-immigrant aliens provide proof of such status.
There are a few exceptions to the requirement to verify selective service registration.
www.utsa.edu /hr/CriminalBackground/SelectiveService.cfm   (763 words)

  
 Selective Service Act - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Selective Service Act - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Selective Service System: History and Records, retrieved 27 December 2005.
Selective Service Act, Use, World War I, World War II, Burke-Wadsworth Act, WWII draft, After WWII, Legal implications/interpretations, See also, Notes, References, External Reference, Articles to be split, United States federal legislation, 1917 in law, Conscription in the United States, World War I and World War II politics.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Selective_Service_Act   (970 words)

  
 Army.com - Selective Service System
And registering with Selective Service does not mean you are signing up for the all voluntary Armed Services.
For example, Selective Service registration is often required for Federal Job Training that can train you for jobs as an auto mechanic, electrician, carpenter, and many other types of jobs.
Also, Selective Service registration is required for eligibility for US citizenship and government jobs, such as a postal worker, computer technician, policeman, budget specialist, and others.
www.army.com /enlist/sss.html   (710 words)

  
 Abolish Selective Service
I urge you to eliminate funding for the Selective Service System, and I urge the President to exercise his authority to issue a Presidential proclamation ending the requirement for young men to register with the Selective Service System for a possible military draft.
As several GAO audits of registration records have documented, very few registrants notify the Selective Service System when they move, and the great majority of registrations of draft-age men do not contain enough current information to ensure that a draft notice would actually reach the registrant.
I was one of the first group of young men whom the Selective Service System tried to get to register when draft registration was reinstated in 1980.
hasbrouck.org /draft/abolition.html   (683 words)

  
 What To Do If You Don't Want To Be Drafted
Selective Service has contingency plans for a Health Care Personnel Delivery System to draft men and women ages 20 through 44 who are doctors, nurses, technicians, therapists, or other medical professionals.
If you don't tell Selective Service where you live, or if you ignore an induction notice, the same legal risks we talked about for nonregistrants would apply.
Selective Services records are so inaccurate that thousands of people will never receive their induction notices.
hasbrouck.org /draft/whattodo.html   (1798 words)

  
 Selective Service Requirement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Ohio General Assembly has passed Section 3345.32 O.R.C. requiring that male students between the ages of 18 and 26 who are Ohio residents must register for selective service and verify that they have registered with the selective service in order to be considered in-state residents to attend Ohio public colleges and universities.
Failure to register with selective service and provide verification of such will result, as the law stipulates, in the assessment of the out of state surcharge at the time the student registers for classes at The University of Akron.
If you are registered for the selective service but have not received or have lost your selective service number, call 1-847-688-6888 or visit the Selective Service System website.
www.uakron.edu /registrar/SelectServiceReq.php   (188 words)

  
 Military.com Resources
The Selective Service System (SSS) is an independent agency within the Executive Branch of the federal government.
Under the Military Selective Service Act, the SSS's mission is twofold: to deliver untrained manpower to the armed forces in time of emergency in accordance with requirements established by the Department of Defense, and to administer an alternative service program for conscientious objectors.
This guide will introduce you to the Selective Service System, its requirements and benefits, and the processes through which a military draft would be implemented if the need should ever arise.
www.military.com /Resources/ResourceFileView?file=Selective_Service.htm   (193 words)

  
 COMD: Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Selective Service System has returned to the California State Legislature for the second year in a row with a proposal to link Selective Service registration with California driver’s license applications.
This bill is aimed at low-income people and immigrants: Selective Service spokesperson Lewis Brodsky told AP in 1999 that "we suspect, based on the demographics we've seen, that it's high school dropouts and immigrants" who are not registering.
The department shall also include on the application notice to each applicant that a person who is required to register with the Selective Service System, but fails to register, is subject to federal prosecution and is not eligible for certain state and federal programs and benefits linked to that registration requirement.
www.comdsd.org /alerts_archive/dmv-sss_alerts.htm   (725 words)

  
 Selective Service System
Selective Service would provide manpower to the military by conducting a draft using a list of young men's names gathered through the Selective Service registration process.
The Selective Service System is America's proven and time-tested hedge against underestimating the number of active duty and Reserve Component military personnel needed in a future conflict.
As a part of that readiness, virtually all men in the U.S. are required to register with Selective Service within 30 days of their 18th birthday.
www.volunteersolutions.org /uwhc/org/18896403.html   (585 words)

  
 Draft Registration : Selective Service : Youth & Militarism : AFSC
Despite the glamour and supposed benefits (such as education and training) that today’s multi-billion dollar military recruiting programs advertise, the primary purpose of the military is still war.
Although only a small percentage of young people enter the military, all men, at age 18, are required by law to participate in the military system by registering for the draft (through the Selective Service System).
If this were to happen, you would have only a very short time to prepare a CO or any other kind of claim, which is why it is important that you begin to consider these questions now.
www.afsc.org /youthmil/selective-service/draft-steps.htm   (721 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Selective Service notice creates flurry of press reports suggesting return of draft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
"There are no secret discussions," said Pat Schuback, a spokesman for the Selective Service System, the government agency that would be in charge of conscription if the United States had it.
The system, an independent government agency, also hires and trains volunteers to serve on local draft boards, which would pass judgment on applications for deferments, postponements and exemptions from military service if conscription were reinstated.
Confusion arose in recent weeks when someone posted the hiring notice on www.defendamerica.mil, a Pentagon Web site about the war on terror, even though the Selective Service System is not a part of the Defense Department.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2003-11-10-selective-service_x.htm   (539 words)

  
 CSUMB Catalog - Selective Service
The federal Military Selective Service Act (the “Act”) requires most males residing in the United States to present themselves for registration with the Selective Service System within thirty days of their eighteenth birthday.
In California, students subject to the Act who fail to register are also ineligible to receive any need-based student grants funded by the state or a public postsecondary institution.
Selective Service registration forms are available at any U.S. Post Office, and many high schools have a staff member or teacher appointed as a Selective Service Registrar.
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 Selective Service System - SourceWatch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Together with volunteer recruitment and the outsourcing of assignments to Private Military Corporations, the Selective Service System provides the military with manpower, and with varying degrees of contention, womanpower, by the compulsory enrollment (conscription or drafting), of healthy 18-24 year olds into the armed forces.
By January 2004, the front page of the Selective Service website (https://www4.sss.gov/Default.htm) displayed a request for new board members "to compensate for natural board attrition".
Under federal law, men are supposed to register with the Selective Service within 30 days of turning 18.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Selective_Service_System   (1030 words)

  
 Selective Service
Congress has made Selective Service registration a requirement for obtaining a number of federal benefits including student loans, job training, government jobs, and citizenship for male immigrants.
The State of Illinois requires Selective Service registration as a precondition for state student financial aid (110 ILCS 5/30-17.1) and as a precondition for state employment.
On January 1, 2002, an Illinois law became effective requiring men to be registered with Selective Service to obtain a state driver's license.
www.eiu.edu /directives/service.php   (204 words)

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