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50 U.S.C. § 3819 — Authority of President to order Reserve components to active service; release from active duty; retention of unit organizations and equipment
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Until July 1, 1953, and subject to the limitations imposed by section 2 of the Selective Service Act of 1948, as amended,11 See References in Text note below. the President shall be authorized to order into the active military or naval service of the United States for a period of not to exceed twenty-four consecutive months, with or without their consent, any or all members and units of any or all Reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States and retired personnel of the Regular Armed Forces. Unless he is sooner released under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned, any member of the inactive or volunteer reserve who served on active duty for a period of 12 months or more in any branch of the Armed Forces between the period December 7, 1941, and September 2, 1945, inclusive, who is now or may hereafter be ordered to active duty pursuant to this section, shall upon completion of 17 or more months of active duty since June 25, 1950, if he makes application therefor to the Secretary of the branch of service in which he is serving, be released from active duty and shall not thereafter be ordered to active duty for periods in excess of 30 days without his consent except in time of war or national emergency hereafter declared by the Congress: Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply to any member of the inactive or volunteer reserve ordered to active duty whose rating or specialty is found by the Secretary of the military department concerned to be critical and whose release to inactive duty prior to the period for which he was ordered to active duty would impair the efficiency of the military department concerned.
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Until July 1, 1953, and subject to the limitations imposed by section 2 of the Selective Service Act of 1948, as amended,11 See References in Text note below. the President shall be authorized to order into the active military or naval service of the United States for a period of not to exceed twenty-four consecutive months, with or without their consent, any or all members and units of any or all Reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States and retired personnel of the Regular Armed Forces. Unless he is sooner released under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned, any member of the inactive or volunteer reserve who served on active duty for a period of 12 months or more in any branch of the Armed Forces between the period December 7, 1941, and September 2, 1945, inclusive, who is now or may hereafter be ordered to active duty pursuant to this section, shall upon completion of 17 or more months of active duty since June 25, 1950, if he makes application therefor to the Secretary of the branch of service in which he is serving, be released from active duty and shall not thereafter be ordered to active duty for periods in excess of 30 days without his consent except in time of war or national emergency hereafter declared by the Congress: Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply to any member of the inactive or volunteer reserve ordered to active duty whose rating or specialty is found by the Secretary of the military department concerned to be critical and whose release to inactive duty prior to the period for which he was ordered to active duty would impair the efficiency of the military department concerned.
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**(a) Establishment; construction; appointment of Director; termination and reestablishment of Office of Selective Service Records**
(1) There is established in the executive branch of the Government an agency to be known as the Selective Service System, and a Director of Selective Service who shall be the head thereof.
(2) The Selective Service System shall include a national headquarters, at least one State headquarters in each State, Territory, and possession of the United States, and in the District of Columbia, and the local boards, appeal boards, and other agencies provided for in subsection (b)(3) of this section.
(3) The Director shall be appointed by the President.
(4) The functions of the Office of Selective Service Records (established by the Act of March 31, 1947) and of the Director of the Office of Selective Service Records are transferred to the Selective Service System and the Director of Selective Service, respectively. The personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances (available or to be made available) of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the Office of Selective Service Records are transferred to the Selective Service System. The Office of Selective Service Records shall cease to exist upon the taking effect of the provisions of this chapter: Provided, That, effective upon the termination of this chapter and notwithstanding such termination in other respects, (A) the said Office of Selective Service Records is reestablished on the same basis and with the same functions as obtained prior to June 24, 1948, (B) said reestablished Office shall be responsible for liquidating any other outstanding affairs of the Selective Service System, and (C) the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances (available or to be made avai
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**(a) Establishment** There is established a Department of Homeland Security, as an executive department of the United States within the meaning of title 5.
**(b) Mission**
(1) **In general** — The primary mission of the Department is to—
(A) prevent terrorist attacks within the United States;
(B) reduce the vulnerability of the United States to terrorism;
(C) minimize the damage, and assist in the recovery, from terrorist attacks that do occur within the United States;
(D) carry out all functions of entities transferred to the Department, including by acting as a focal point regarding natural and manmade crises and emergency planning;
(E) ensure that the functions of the agencies and subdivisions within the Department that are not related directly to securing the homeland are not diminished or neglected except by a specific explicit Act of Congress;
(F) ensure that the overall economic security of the United States is not diminished by efforts, activities, and programs aimed at securing the homeland;
(G) ensure that the civil rights and civil liberties of persons are not diminished by efforts, activities, and programs aimed at securing the homeland; and
(H) monitor connections between illegal drug trafficking and terrorism, coordinate efforts to sever such connections, and otherwise contribute to efforts to interdict illegal drug trafficking.
(2) **Responsibility for investigating and prosecuting terrorism** — Except as specifically provided by law with respect to entities transferred to the Department under this chapter, primary responsibility for investigating and prosecuting acts of terrorism shall be vested not in the Department, but rather in Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the acts in question.
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 3818
1 See References in Text note below.
495, which is classified principally to chapter 44 (§ 3001
et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 469 of the
former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi-
fication and renumbering as this section.
§ 3818. Effective date
This chapter shall become effective imme-
diately; except that unless the President, or the
Congress by concurrent resolution, declares a
national emergency after June 24, 1948, no per-
son shall be inducted or ordered into active serv-
ice without his consent under this chapter with-
in ninety days after June 24, 1948.
(June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, § 20, 62 Stat. 627;
Sept. 27, 1950, ch. 1059, § 1(14), 64 Stat. 1074; Aug.
10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original
‘‘this title’’, meaning title I of act June 24, 1948, ch. 625,
62 Stat. 604, which is classified principally to this chap-
ter. For complete classification of title I to the Code,
see Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 470 of the
former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi-
fication and renumbering as this section.
AMENDMENTS
1956—Act Aug. 10, 1956, repealed provisions requiring
the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and the Treasury to
initiate and carry forward intensified voluntary enlist-
ment campaigns for the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine
Corps, and the Coast Guard.
1950—Act Sept. 27, 1950, struck out ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Air
Force’’ and inserted ‘‘and the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, for the Coast Guard’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps’’.
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