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  2. Selective Service System - Wikipedia

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    The Selective Service System (SSS) is an independent agency of the United States government that maintains a database of registered male (as legally defined by Executive Order 14168) U.S. citizens and other U.S. residents potentially subject to military conscription (i.e., the draft).

  3. Military Selective Service Act - Wikipedia

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    The previous iteration of the Selective Service System was established by the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. After two extensions, the Selective Training and Service Act was allowed to expire on March 31, 1947. In 1948, it was replaced by a new and distinct Selective Service System established by this Act.

  4. Selective Service Act of 1917 - Wikipedia

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    Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer in order to recruit soldiers for the American Army during World War I, 1917-1918 Sheet music cover for patriotic song, 1917. The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act (Pub. L. 65–12, 40 Stat. 76, enacted May 18, 1917) authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.

  5. House Passes Bill To Automatically Register Young Men ... - AOL

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    The Selective Service System was first founded in 1917 to feed bodies into America's World War I efforts. It was disbanded in 1920, fired back up in 1940, re-formatted in 1948, and then terminated ...

  6. Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 - Wikipedia

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    The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, also known as the Burke–Wadsworth Act, Pub. L. 76–783, 54 Stat. 885, enacted September 16, 1940, [1] was the first peacetime conscription in United States history. This Selective Service Act required that men who had reached their 21st birthday but had not yet reached their 36th birthday ...

  7. Federal agency responsible for the draft reposts vulgar tweet ...

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    The Selective Service System did not respond to The Post’s request for comment. The reposted tweet remained on the SSS’s X account for over an hour, even after it was flagged by a CBS News ...

  8. Draft board - Wikipedia

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    The local draft board is a board that administers and executes the main provisions of the Selective Service Act.Its functions comprise the registration, rejection and selection of men of military age as fixed by legislative enactment.

  9. National service in the United States - Wikipedia

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    President Jimmy Carter reinstated the Selective Service System with Proclamation 4771, July 2, 1980. According to current Selective Service regulations, all American males between the ages of 18 and 26 are eligible for service. Failure to register within 30 days of a person's 18th birthday may result in five years imprisonment or a $250,000 fine.