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Code · U.S. Code · Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE · CHAPTER 49— MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE · § 3801

§ 3801. Short title; Congressional declaration of policy

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(a)This Act may be cited as the “Military Selective Service Act”.
(b)The Congress declares that an adequate armed strength must be achieved and maintained to insure the security of this Nation.
(c)The Congress further declares that in a free society the obligations and privileges of serving in the armed forces and the reserve components thereof should be shared generally, in accordance with a system of selection which is fair and just, and which is consistent with the maintenance of an effective national economy.
(d)To this end, it is the intent of the Congress that whenever Congress shall determine that units and organizations are needed for the national security in excess of those of the Regular components of the Ground Forces and the Air Forces, and those in active service under this chapter, the National Guard of the United States, both Ground and Air, or such part thereof as may be necessary, together with such units of the Reserve components as are necessary for a balanced force, shall be ordered to active Federal service and continued therein so long as such necessity exists.
(e)The Congress further declares that adequate provision for national security requires maximum effort in the fields of scientific research and development, and the fullest possible utilization of the Nation’s technological, scientific, and other critical manpower resources.
(f)The Congress further declares that the Selective Service System should remain administratively independent of any other agency, including the Department of Defense.
(June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, § 1, 62 Stat. 604; June 19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, § 1(a), 65 Stat. 75; Pub. L. 90–40, § 1(1), June 30, 1967, 81 Stat. 100; Pub. L. 92–129, title I, § 101(a)(1), Sept. 28, 1971, 85 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 96–107, title VIII, § 812, Nov. 9, 1979, 93 Stat. 816.)
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  • June 24, 1948, ch. 625
  • 62 Stat. 604
  • June 19, 1951, ch. 144
  • 65 Stat. 75
  • Pub. L. 90–40, § 1(1)
  • 81 Stat. 100
  • Pub. L. 92–129, title I, § 101(a)(1)
  • 85 Stat. 348
  • Pub. L. 96–107, title VIII, § 812
  • 93 Stat. 816
  • act June 24, 1948, ch. 625
  • act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53
  • 70A Stat. 641
  • act June 3, 1916, ch. 134
  • 39 Stat. 166
  • Pub. L. 96–107
  • Pub. L. 92–129
  • Pub. L. 90–40
  • Pub. L. 91–124, § 1
  • 83 Stat. 220
  • Act June 30, 1955, ch. 250, § 1
  • 69 Stat. 223
  • Act June 19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, § 7
  • 65 Stat. 89
  • Act Sept. 9, 1950, ch. 939
  • 64 Stat. 826
  • Act June 30, 1950, ch. 445, § 4
  • 64 Stat. 319
  • Act June 19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, § 5
  • 65 Stat. 88
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Short title; Congressional declaration of policy
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ActJune 24, 1948, ch. 625
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