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  2. Selective Service System - Wikipedia

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    The Selective Service System is authorized by the Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution which says Congress "shall have Power To... provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union;" The Selective Service Act is the law which established the Selective Service System under these provisions.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Catonsville Nine - Wikipedia

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    On May 17, 1968, the Nine went to the Catonsville office of the Selective Service on Frederick Road. They restrained an employee while gathering records into wire bins, [3] One SSS employee, Mary Murphy, attempted to save the draft records but was restrained by one of the Nine. [4]

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Oversight panel probes federal agency over unhinged post ...

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    House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer demanded answers from the Selective Service agency for reposting a vulgar social media screed last month suggesting the US may be on a similar ...

  9. Conscription - Wikipedia

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    In Iran, men who refuse to go to military service are deprived of their citizenship rights, such as employment, health insurance, [239] continuing their education at university, [240] finding a job, going abroad, opening a bank account, [241] etc. [242] Iranian men have so far opposed mandatory military service and demanded that military ...