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50 U.S.C. § 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)** The Congress further declares, in accordance with our traditional military policy as expressed in the National Defense Act of 1916, as amended, that it is essential that the strength and organization of the National Guard, both Ground and Air, as an integral part of the first line defenses of this Nation, be at all times maintained and assured.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 S
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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)** The Congress further declares, in accordance with our traditional military policy as expressed in the National Defense Act of 1916, as amended, that it is essential that the strength and organization of the National Guard, both Ground and Air, as an integral part of the first line defenses of this Nation, be at all times maintained and assured.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.
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**(a) Age limits; training in National Security Training Corps; physical and mental fitness; adequate training facilities; assignment to stations and units; training period; medical specialist categories** Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every person required to register pursuant to section 3802 of this chapter who is between the ages of eighteen years and six months and twenty-six years, at the time fixed for his registration, or who attains the age of eighteen years and six months after having been required to register pursuant to [section 3802 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3802&num=0&edition=prelim), or who is otherwise liable as provided in [section 3806(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3806/h&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be liable for training and service in the Armed Forces of the United States: Provided, That each registrant shall be immediately liable for classification and examination, and shall, as soon as practicable following his registration, be so classified and examined, both physically and mentally, in order to determine his availability for induction for training and service in the Armed Forces: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any registrant who has failed or refused to report for induction shall continue to remain liable for induction and when available shall be immediately inducted. The President is authorized, from time to time, whether or not a state of war exists, to select and induct into the Armed Forces of the United States for training and service in the manner provided in this chapter (including but not limited to selection and induction by age group or age groups) such numb
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**(a)** The Secretary of Defense shall conduct at least one major mobilization exercise each year. The exercise should be as comprehensive and as realistic as possible and should include the participation of associated active component and reserve component units.
**(b)** The Secretary shall maintain a plan to test periodically each active component and reserve component unit based in the United States and all interactions of such units, as well as the sustainment of the forces mobilized as part of the exercise, with the objective of permitting an evaluation of the adequacy of resource allocation and planning.
**(c)**
(1) The Secretary shall, beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and every five years thereafter, as part of the major mobilization exercise under subsection (a), include the processes of the Selective Service System in preparation for induction of personnel into the armed forces under the Military Selective Service Act ([50 U.S.C. 3801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), and submit to Congress a report on the results of this exercise and evaluation. The report may be submitted in classified form.
(2) The exercise under this subsection—
(A) shall include a review of national mobilization strategic and operational concepts; and
(B) shall include a simulation of a mobilization of all armed forces and reserve units, with plans and processes for incorporating Selective Service System inductees.
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**(a)** Except as otherwise prescribed by law, enlistments as Reserves are for terms prescribed by the Secretary concerned. However, an enlistment that is in effect at the beginning of a war or of a national emergency declared by Congress, or entered into during such a war or emergency, and that would otherwise expire, continues in effect until the expiration of six months after the end of that war or emergency, whichever is later, unless sooner terminated by the Secretary concerned.
**(b)** Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, and by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, a person who is qualified for enlistment for active duty in an armed force, and who is not under orders to report for induction into an armed force under the Military Selective Service Act ([50 U.S.C. 3801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), may be enlisted as a Reserve for service in the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve, for a term of not less than six years nor more than eight years. Each person enlisted under this subsection shall serve—
(1) on active duty for a period of not less than two years; and
(2) the rest of his period of enlistment as a member of the Ready Reserve.
**(c)** In time of war or of national emergency declared by Congress the term of service of an enlisted member transferred to a reserve component according to law, that would otherwise expire, continues until the expiration of six months after the end of that war or emergency, whichever is later, unless sooner terminated by the Secretary concerned.
**(d)** Under regulations to be presc
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**(a)** A person who would otherwise be required to be transferred to a reserve component under [section 651 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section651&num=0&edition=prelim) or under the Military Selective Service Act ([50 U.S.C. 3801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), is entitled, if he is qualified and accepted, to be enlisted in any armed force that he chooses and to participate in the programs authorized for that armed force. However, unless the two Secretaries concerned consent, he may not be enlisted as a Reserve of an armed force other than that from which he is transferred. All periods of his participation shall be credited against the total period of service required of him under [section 651 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section651&num=0&edition=prelim) or under the Military Selective Service Act ([50 U.S.C. 3801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.). However, no period may be credited more than once.
**(b)** A person covered by subsection (a) shall perform the rest of his required term of service in the armed force in which he is so enlisted or in any other armed force in which he is later enlisted or appointed.
**(c)** This section does not change any term of service under an appointment, enlistment, or agreement, including an agreement made before or at the time when the member entered upon a program authorized by an armed force.
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**(a)** A person who would otherwise be required to be transferred to a reserve component under [section 651 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section651&num=0&edition=prelim) or under the Military Selective Service Act ([50 U.S.C. 3801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), is entitled, if he is qualified and accepted, to be appointed as an officer of any armed force that he chooses and to participate in the programs authorized for that armed force. However, unless the two Secretaries concerned consent, he may not be appointed as a Reserve of an armed force other than that from which he is transferred. All periods of his participation shall be credited against the total period of service required of him under [section 651 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section651&num=0&edition=prelim) or under the Military Selective Service Act ([50 U.S.C. 3801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.). However, no period may be credited more than once.
**(b)** A person covered by subsection (a) shall perform the rest of his required term of service in the armed force in which he is so appointed or in any other armed force in which he is later appointed or enlisted.
**(c)** This section does not change any term of service under an appointment, enlistment, or agreement, including an agreement made before or at the time when the member entered upon a program authorized by an armed force.
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**(a)** There is in the Department of Defense an Office of the Secretary of Defense. The function of the Office is to assist the Secretary of Defense in carrying out the Secretary’s duties and responsibilities and to carry out such other duties as may be prescribed by law.
**(b)** The Office of the Secretary of Defense is composed of the following:
(1) The Deputy Secretary of Defense.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 901(a)(2)(A), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3794.]
(3) The Under Secretaries of Defense, as follows:
(A) The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
(B) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
(C) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
(D) The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
(E) The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
(F) The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security.
(4) Other officers who are appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who report directly to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary without intervening authority, as follows:
(A) The Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation.
(B) The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.
(C) The General Counsel of the Department of Defense.
(D) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense.
(5) The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, who reports directly to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary without intervening authority.
(6) The Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense.
(7) The Assistant Secretaries of Defense.
(8) Other officials provided for by law, as follows:
(A) The two Deputy Directors within the Office of the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation under [section 139a(c) of this t
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**(a)** Except as provided in [section 1480 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1480&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary concerned shall have a death gratuity paid to or for the survivor prescribed by [section 1477 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1477&num=0&edition=prelim), immediately upon receiving official notification of the death of—
(1) a member of an armed force under his jurisdiction who dies while on active duty or while performing authorized travel to or from active duty;
(2) a Reserve of an armed force who dies while on inactive duty training (other than work or study in connection with a correspondence course of an armed force or attendance, in an inactive status, at an educational institution under the sponsorship of an armed force or the Public Health Service);
(3) any Reserve of an armed force who, when authorized or required by an authority designated by the Secretary, assumed an obligation to perform active duty for training, or inactive duty training (other than work or study in connection with a correspondence course of an armed force or attendance, in an inactive status, at an educational institution, under the sponsorship of an armed force or the Public Health Service), and who dies while traveling directly to or from that active duty for training or inactive duty training or while staying at the Reserve’s residence, when so authorized by proper authority, during the period of such inactive duty training or between successive days of inactive duty training;
(4) any member of a reserve officers’ training corps who dies while performing annual training duty under orders, or while performing authorized travel to or from that annual tra
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**(a)** A person with no prior military service who is qualified under [section 505 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section505&num=0&edition=prelim) and applicable regulations for enlistment in a regular component of an armed force, or who is qualified under [section 20301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20301&num=0&edition=prelim) and applicable regulations for enlistment in the Space Force, may (except as provided in subsection (c)) be enlisted as a Reserve for service in the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve, or be enlisted as a member of the Space Force, for a term of not less than six years nor more than eight years.
**(b)**
(1) Unless sooner ordered to active duty under chapter 39 of this title or another provision of law, a person enlisted under subsection (a) shall, within 365 days after such enlistment, be discharged from the reserve component in which enlisted and immediately be enlisted in the regular component of an armed force.
(2) The Secretary concerned may extend the 365-day period described in paragraph (1) for any person for up to an additional 365 days if the Secretary determines that it is in the best interests of the armed force of which that person is a member to do so.
(3)
(A) The Secretary concerned may extend by up to an additional 365 days the period of extension under paragraph (2) for a person who enlisted before October 1, 2017, under [section 504(b)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section504/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim) if the Secretary determines that the period of extension under this paragraph is required for the
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Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or regulation, service in the Peace Corps as a volunteer shall not in any way exempt such volunteer from the performance of any obligations or duties under the provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act [[50 U.S.C. 3801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
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**(a) Relationship between enrollment and military obligations** Enrollment in the Job Corps shall not relieve any individual of obligations under the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.) [now [50 U.S.C. 3801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(b) Period of enrollment** No individual may be enrolled in the Job Corps for more than 2 years, except—
(1) in a case in which completion of an advanced career training program under [section 3198(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3198/c&num=0&edition=prelim) would require an individual to participate in the Job Corps for not more than one additional year;
(2) in the case of an individual with a disability who would reasonably be expected to meet the standards for a Job Corps graduate, as defined under [section 3192(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3192/5&num=0&edition=prelim), if allowed to participate in the Job Corps for not more than 1 additional year;
(3) in the case of an individual who participates in national service, as authorized by a Civilian Conservation Center program, who would be granted an enrollment extension in the Job Corps for the amount of time equal to the period of national service; or
(4) as the Secretary may authorize in a special case.
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