1967 - The Military Selective Service Act of 1967

The Military Selective Service Act of 1967

The Military Selective Service Act of 1967 was a major modification to the Universal Military Training and Service Act. The criteria for student deferments were changed. Students could only be deferred until they completed their degree, ceased to satisfactorily pursue it, or reached the age of twenty-four, whichever came first. Instead of remaining liable until the age of thirty-five and placed in said group as was prescribed previously, graduated students would remain in the "prime age group" (that is, the first age group to be inducted after deliquents and volunteers) irrespective of their actual age at the time unless they were of age that was not liable for military service in any case.

The act also contained a provision that prevented the president from modifying the order of induction unless authorized by Congress or by a modification of the Military Selective Service Act of 1967.

"(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this sub- section, the President in establishing the order of induction for reg- istrants within the various age groups found qualified for induction shall not effect any change in the method of determining the relative order of induction for such registrants within such age groups as has been heretofore established and in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph, unless authorized by law enacted after the date of enactment of the Military Selective Service Act of 1967."

  1. Delinquents who have attained the age of nineteen years in the order of their dates of birth with the oldest being selected first.
  2. Volunteers who have not attained the age of twenty-six years and in the sequence in which they have volunteered for induction.
  3. Nonvolunteers who who have attained the age of nineteen years and have not attained the age of twenty-six years and who (A) do not have a wife with whom they maintain a bona fide family relationship in their homes in the order of their dates of birth, with the oldest being selected first; or (B) have a wife with whom they married after August 26, 1965, and with whom they maintain a bona fide family relationship in their homes in the order of their dates of birth with the oldest being selected first.
  4. Nonvolunteers who have attained the age of nineteen years and have not attained the age of twenty-six years and who have a wife whom they married on or before August 26, 1965, and with whom they maintain a bona fide family relationship in their homes, in the order of their dates of birth, with the oldest being selected first.
  5. Nonvolunteers who have attained the age of twenty-six years in the order of their dates of birth, with the youngest being selected first.
  6. Nonvolunteers who have attained the age of eighteen years and six months and who have not attained the age of nineteen years in the order of their dates of birth, with the oldest being selected first.
1967 - The Military Selective Service Act of 1967