for the period in which this Act [said sections] shall be in force. (Mar. 31, 1947, ch. 26, § 8, 61 Stat. 33.) REESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE For termination and reestablishment dates, see note set out preceding section 321 of this Appendix. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 323, 326, 327, 329 of this Appendix. § 329. Effective date. Except as otherwise provided by the terms of this Act [sections 321 to 329 of this Appendix], the provisions hereof shall take effect at 12 o'clock postmeridian, March 31, 1947. (Mar. 31, 1947, ch. 26, § 9, 61 Stat. 33.) SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 323, 326, 327, 328 of this Appendix. § 330. Destruction of records; use of appropriations; procedures; transfers to other agencies. Appropriations for the Selective Service System may on and after August 28, 1958 be used for the destruction of records accumulated under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, by the Director of Selective Service after compliance with the procedures for the destruction of records prescribed pursuant to the Records Disposal Act of 1943, as amended (44 U.S.C. 366-380): Provided, That no records may be transferred to any other agency without the approval of the Director of Selective Service. (Pub. L. 85-844, title I, § 101, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 1073.) Section is from the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1959. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: 1957-June 29, 1957, Pub. L. 85-69, title I, § 101, 71 Stat. 235. 1956-June 27, 1956, ch. 452, title I, § 101, 70 Stat. 348. 1955-June 30, 1955, ch. 244, title I, § 101, 69 Stat. 209. 1954 June 24, 1954, ch. 359, title I, § 101, 68 Stat. 287. 1953-July 27, 1953, ch. 241, title I, § 101, 67 Stat. 189. 1952-July 5, 1952, ch. 578, title I, § 101, 66 Stat. 406. SERVICE EXTENSION ACT OF 1941 JOINT RES. AUG. 18, 1941, CH. 362, 55 STAT. 626-628 $$ 351 to 357. Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641. Section 351, Joint Res. Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 362, § 1, 55 Stat. 626, related to the declaration of national peril for purposes of extending service under former section 303 (b) of this Appendix. Section 352, Joint Res. Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 362, § 2, 55 Stat. 626, authorized an eighteen-month extension of periods of service for persons inducted under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, former sections 301-318 of this Appendix. Section 353, Joint Res., Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 362, § 3, 55 Stat. 626, extended the time for application for National Service Life Insurance. Section 354, Joint Res. Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 362, § 4, 55 Stat. 627, related to release from service in hardship cases. Section 355, Joint Res. Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 362, amended former section 303 (c) of this Appendix. Section 356, Joint Res. Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 362, § 6, 55 Stat. 627, authorized the President to order Regular Army retired personnel to active duty and is now covered by section 471 of this Appendix. Section 357, Joint Res. Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 362, § 7, 55 Stat. 627; acts Dec. 8, 1944, ch. 548, § 3, 58 Stat. 799; Aug. 9, 1946, ch. 936, 60 Stat. 971, related to reemployment rights. Present provisions covering reemployment rights are found in section 459 of this Appendix. § 358. Repealed. June 16, 1942, ch. 413, § 19, 56 Stat. 369, eff. June 1, 1942. Section, Joint Res. Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 362, § 8, 55 Stat. 627, related to additional compensation for active service in excess of twelve months. See chapter 4 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services. ADDITIONAL REPEAL Section was also repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641. §§ 359 to 362. Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641. Section 359, Joint Res. Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 362, § 9, 55 Stat. 628; act Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1 (58), 60 Stat. 871, suspended limitations on the number of inductees. Section 360, Joint Res. Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 362, § 10, 55 Stat. 628, related to enlistments in the Army without regard to component, and is now covered by section 3252 of Title 10, Armed Forces. Section 361, Joint Res. Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 362, § 11, 55 Stat. 628, amended former section 401 of this Appendix. Section 362, Joint Res. Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 362, § 12, 55 Stat. 628, gave the short title of the act. ARMY RESERVE AND RETIRED PERSONNEL SERVICE LAW OF 1940 JOINT RES. AUG. 27, 1940, CH. 689, 54 STAT. 858 SS 401 to 405. Omitted. CODIFICATION Section 401, Joint Res. Aug. 27, 1940, ch. 689, § 1, 54 Stat. 858; Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 362, § 11, 55 Stat. 628, which authorized the President to order reserve and retired personnel to active service, has been omitted as having been executed. Present similar provisions are found in section 471 of this Appendix. Section 402, Joint Res. Aug. 27, 1940, ch. 689, § 2, 54 Stat. 859, which related to laws and regulations governing personnel called to active service, has been omitted as having been executed. Section 403, Joint Res. Aug. 27, 1940, ch. 689, § 3, 54 Stat. 859; Acts Sept. 16, 1940, ch. 720, § 8(d), (f), 54 Stat. 891; July 28, 1942, ch. 529, § 1, 56 Stat. 723; Dec. 8, 1944, ch. 548, § 2, 58 Stat. 799, which related to service and health certificates and reemployment rights, has been omitted as obsolete. Present similar provisions are found in section 459 of this Appendix. Section 404, Joint Res. Aug. 27, 1940, ch. 689, § 4, 54 Stat. 860, which made applicable the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act, former section 101 et seq. of this Appendix, has been omitted as having expired on Oct. 17, 1940. Present provisions are found in section 464 of this Appendix and section 501 et seq. of this Appendix. Section 405, Joint Res. Aug. 27, 1940, ch. 689, § 5, 54 Stat. 860, which suspended all laws in conflict with sections 401-405, has been omitted as having expired with the other sections. PAY OF PERSONS INDUCTED IN ERRONEOUS RANK OR GRADE Act Feb. 6, 1942, ch. 42, 56 Stat. 50, related to pay of persons inducted in erroneous rank or grade under former sections 401-405 of this Appendix. Persons liable for training and service. (a) Age limits; training in National Security (c) Opportunity to enlist in Regular Army; 465. 468. 469. 470. (d) Transfer to Reserve component; period of service. 471. 472. (g) Occupational deferment recommendations by the National Security Council. (h) Repealed. (1) Omitted. (1) National Advisory Committee for selection (k) Reduction of periods of service; establish- 454a to 454c. Omitted. 454e. Volunteer service of physicians and dentists; minimum period. 455. Manner of selection of men for training and service; quotas; appointment, reappointment, or promotion of persons in medical categories. Deferments and exemptions from training and service. 456. 457. 458. 459. 460. 461. 462. 463. 464. Repealed. Bounties for enlistment or induction; substitutes; purchase of release. Separation from service. (a) Certificate recording proficiency and merit; physical examination. (b) Reemployment rights. (c) Service considered as furlough or leave of absence. (d) Jurisdiction of district court; United States attorney to act for claimant. (e) Reemployment by Federal Government. (f) Priority of rights to reemployment. (g) Reemployment benefits to persons enlist. ing or called to active duty. (h) Aid by Bureau of Veterans' Reemployment Rights. (1) Right to vote; manner: poll tax. (1) Reports on separated personnel. Selective Service System. (a) Establishment: construction; appointment and compensation of Director: termination and reestablishment of Office of Selective Service Records. (b) Administrative provisions. (c) Delegation of President's authority. (g) Reports to Congress. Emergency medical care Offenses and penalties. Nonapplicability of certain laws. Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act as applicable. (h) Rules and regulations governing steel industry; mandatory; reports to Congress. Saving provisions. Effective date. Authority of President to order Reserve components to active service; release from active duty: retention of unit organizations and equipment. Period of increased service applicable to all personnel. 473. Regulations governing liquor sales; penalties. ACT REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This Act is referred to in title 10 sections 511, 512, 595; title 26 section 3121; title 28 section 631. § 451. Short title; Congressional declaration of policy. (a) This Act may be cited as the "Military Selective Service Act of 1967". (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 title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], 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. (June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I § 1, 62 Stat. 604; June 19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, § 1 (a), 65 Stat. 75; June 30, 1967, Pub. L. 90-40, § 1(1), 81 Stat. 100.) REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Act June 24, 1948, ch. 625, 62 Stat. 604, as amended. Title I of the Act, as amended, is classified to sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, and 458-471 of this Appendix. Title II of the Act was classified to various sections of former Title 10, Army and Air Force. See Tables volume. For locations of such sections in revised Title 10, Armed Forces, see disposition table set out at the beginning of Title 10, Armed Forces. The National Defense Act of 1916, as amended, referred to in subsec. (d), is the act of June 3, 1916, ch. 134, 39 Stat. 166, which was generally dispersed throughout former Title 10, Army and Air Force and was repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641. See Title 10. Armed Forces. AMENDMENTS 1967-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-40 substituted "Military Selective Service Act of 1967" for "Universal Military Training and Service Act". 1951-Subsec. (a). Act June 19, 1951, substituted the "Universal Military Training and Service Act" for the "Selective Service Act of 1948". SHORT TITLE OF ACT JUNE 19, 1951 Section 7 of act June 19, 1951, provided that the Act enacting amendments to sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 463, 466, 467, and 471 of this Appendix, enacting sections 472 and 473 of this Appendix, repealing section 457 of this Appendix, and amending note to section 454 of this Appendix, should be popularly known as the "1951 Amendments to the Universal Military Training and Service Act". SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS OF ACT JUNE 19, 1951 Section 5 of act June 19, 1951, provided that: "If any provisions of this Act [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 463, 466, 467, and 471-473 of this Appendix] or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act [said sections] and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby." CROSS REFERENCES Authority of President to order Reserve components to active duty, see section 471 of this Appendix. Prostitution near military camps unlawful, see section 1384 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 453, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 469, 470 of this Appendix and in title 28 section 631. § 452. Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641. Section, acts June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, § 2, 62 Stat. 605; June 19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, § 1 (b), 65 Stat. 75, related to authorized personnel strength of various services, and is now covered by sections 3201 and 8201 of Title 10, Armed Forces. §453. Registration. Except as otherwise provided in this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix), it shall be the duty of every male citizen of the United States, and every other male person now or hereafter in the United States, who, on the day or days fixed for the first or any subsequent registration, is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six, to present himself for and submit to registration at such time or times and place or places, and in such manner, as shall be determined by proclamation of the President and by rules and regulations prescribed hereunder. (June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, 13, 62 Stat. 605; June 19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, § 1(c), 65 Stat. 76.) AMENDMENTS 1951-Act June 19, 1951, made all male persons now or hereafter in the United States subject to registration. CROSS REFERENCES Ages for registration, definitions, see section 466 of this Appendix. Notice of requirements, proclamation fixing time for registration as, see section 465 of this Appendix. Offenses and penalties relative to registration, see section 462 of this Appendix. Persons exempted from registration, see section 456 of this Appendix. Residents who have not declared their intention to become citizens, registration of, see section 456 of this Appendix. REGISTRATION Proc. Nos. 2799, July 20, 1948, 13 F. R. 4173, 62 Stat. 1532; 2937, Aug. 20, 1951, 16 F. R. 8263, 65 Stat. c27; 2938, Aug. 20, 1951, 16 F. R. 8265, 65 Stat. c30; 2942, Aug. 31, 1951, 16 F. R. 8969; 65 Stat. c35; 2972, Apr. 18, 1952, 17 F. R. 3473, 66 Stat. c28, provided specific dates for registration of all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 26 residing in the United States and its Territories and Possessions. PROC. NO. 3314. REGISTRATION SUPPLEMENTING PRIOR PROCLAMATIONS Proc. No. 3314, Sept. 14, 1959, 24 F.R. 7517, provided: WHEREAS under authority vested in him by the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended [section 451 et seq. of this Appendix], the President by Proclamations No. 2799 of July 20, 1948, No. 2937 of August 16, 1951, No. 2938 of August 16, 1951, No. 2942 of August 30, 1951, and No. 2972 of April 17, 1952, provided for the registration of male citizens of the United States and of other male persons who are subject to registration under section 3 of the said Act [this section]; WHEREAS certain provisions of each of the aforesaid proclamations refer to or applied to or within the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii; and WHEREAS the State of Alaska was admitted into the Union on January 3, 1959, and the State of Hawaii was likewise admitted on August 21, 1959: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended [section 451 et seq. of this Appendix], do proclaim that all of the provisions of the aforesaid proclamations which refer to or applied to or within the Territory of Alaska or the Territory of Hawaii shall, on and after January 3, 1959, the date Alaska was admitted to the Union as a State, and on and after August 21, 1959, the date Hawaii was likewise admitted, refer to or apply to or within the State of Alaska and the State of Hawaii, respectively. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen [SEAL] hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-fourth. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 451, 454, 455, 456, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 467, 469, 470 of this Appendix. § 454. Persons liable for training and service. (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 title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], every male citizen of the United States and every male alien admitted for permanent residence, who is between the ages of 18 years and 6 months and 26 years, at the time fixed for his registration, or who attains the age of 18 years and 6 months after having been required to register pursuant to section 3 of this title [section 453 of this Appendix], or who is otherwise liable as provided in section 6(h) of this title [section 456 (h) of this Appendix], 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: Provided further, That any male alien who is between the ages of 18 years and 6 months and 26 years, at the time fixed for registration, or who attains the age of 18 years and 6 months after having been required to register pursuant to section 3 of this title [section 453 of this Appendix], or who is otherwise liable as provided in section 6(h) of this title [section 456 (h) of this Appendix], who has remained in the United States in a status other than that of a permanent resident for a period exceeding one year (other than an alien exempted from registration under this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix] and regulations prescribed thereunder) shall be liable for training and service in the Armed Forces of the United States, except that any such alien shall be relieved from liability for training and service under this title [said sections] if, prior to his induction into the Armed Forces he has made application to be relieved from such liability in the manner prescribed by and in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the President; but any alien who makes such application shall thereafter be debarred from becoming a citizen of the United States. 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 title [said sections] (including but not limited to selection and induction by age group or age groups) such number of persons as may be required to provide and maintain the strength of the Armed Forces. At such time as the period of active service in the Armed Forces required under this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix] of persons who have not attained the nineteenth anniversary of the day of their birth has been reduced or eliminated pursuant to the provisions of section 4 (k) of this title [subsection (k) of this section], and except as otherwise provided in this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], every male citizen of the United States who is required to register under this title [said sections], and who has not attained the nineteenth anniversary of the day of his birth on the date such period of active service is reduced or eliminated, or who is otherwise liable as provided in section 6(h) of this title [section 456 (h) of this Appendix], and every male alien admitted for permanent residence who is required to register under this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], and who has not attained the nineteenth anniversary of the day of his birth on the date such period of active service is reduced or eliminated, or who is otherwise liable as provided in section 6(h) of this title [section 456 (h) of this Appendix], shall be liable for training in the National Security Training Corps: Provided, That any male alien who is required to register under the provisions of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], and who has not reached the nineteenth anniversary of the date of his birth on the date such period of active service is reduced or eliminated, or who is otherwise liable as provided in section 6(h) of this title [section 456 (h) of this Appendix], who has remained in the United States in a status other than that of a permanent resident for a period exceeding one year shall be liable for training in the National Security Training Corps except that any such alien shall be relieved from such training under this title [said sections] if, prior to his induction into the National Security Training Corps he has made application to be relieved from such liability in the manner prescribed by and in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the President, but any alien who makes such application shall thereafter be debarred from becoming a citizen of the United States: Provided further, That persons deferred under the provisions of section 6 of this title [section 456 of this Appendix] shall not be relieved from liability for induction into the National Security Training Corps solely by reason of having exceeded the age of nineteen years during the period of such deferment. The President is authorized, from time to time, whether or not a state of war exists, to select and induct for training in the National Security Training Corps as hereinafter provided such number of persons as may be required to further the purposes of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix]. No person shall be inducted into the Armed Forces for training and service or shall be inducted for training in the National Security Training Corps under this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix] until his acceptability in all respects, including his physical and mental fitness, has been satisfactorily determined under standards prescribed by the Secretary of Defense: Provided, That the minimum standards for physical acceptability established pursuant to this subsection shall not be higher than those applied to persons inducted between the ages of 18 and 26 in January 1945: Provided further, That the passing requirement for the Armed Forces Qualification Test shall be fixed at a percentile score of 10 points: And provided further, That except in time of war or national emergency declared by the Congress the standards and requirements fixed by the preceding two provisos may be modified by the President under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. No person shall be inducted for such training and service until adequate provision shall have been made for such shelter, sanitary facilities, water supplies, heating and lighting arrangements, medical care, and hospital accommodations for such persons as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the Treasury to be essential to the public and personal health. The persons inducted into the Armed Forces for training and service under this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix] shall be assigned to stations or units of such forces. Persons inducted into the land forces of the United States pursuant to this title [said sections] shall be deemed to be members of the Army of the United States; persons inducted into the naval forces of the United States pursuant to this title [said sections] shall be deemed to be members of the United States Navy or the United States Marine Corps or the United States Coast Guard, as appropriate; and persons inducted into the air forces of the United States pursuant to this title [said sections] shall be deemed to be members of the Air Force of the United States. Every person inducted into the Armed Forces pursuant to the authority of this subsection after the date of enactment of the 1951 Amendments to the Universal Military Training and Service Act [June 19, 1951] shall, following his induction, be given full and adequate military training for service in the armed force into which he is inducted for a period of not less than four months, and no such person shall, during this four months' period, be assigned for duty at any installation located on land outside the United States, its Territories and possessions (including the Canal Zone): Provided, That no funds appropriated by the Congress shall be used for the purpose of transporting or maintaining in violation of the provisions of this paragraph any person inducted into, or enlisted, appointed, or ordered to active duty in, the Armed Forces under the provisions of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix]. No person in the medical, dental, and allied specialist categories shall be inducted under the provisions of this subsection if he applies or has applied for an appointment as a Reserve officer in one of the Armed Forces in any of such categories and is or has been rejected for such appointment on the sole ground of a physical disqualification. No person, without his consent, shall be inducted for training and service in the Armed Forces or for training in the National Security Training Corps under this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], except as otherwise provided herein, after he has attained the twenty-sixth anniversary of the day of his birth. (b) Length of service; release of individuals accepted into Army National Guard, Air National Guard, and other reserve components. Each person inducted into the Armed Forces under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall serve on active training and service for a period of twenty-four consecutive months, unless sooner released, transferred, or discharged in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the United States Coast Guard) or as otherwise prescribed by subsection (d) of section 4 of this title [subsection (d) of this section]. The Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the United States Coast Guard), may provide, by regulations which shall be as nearly uniform as practicable, for the release from training and service in the armed forces prior to serving the periods required by this subsection of individuals who volunteered for and are accepted into organized units of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard and other reserve components. (c) Opportunity to enlist in Regular Army; voluntary induction; volunteers under 18 years old. (1) Under the provisions of applicable laws and regulations any person between the ages of eighteen years and six months and twenty-six years shall be offered an opportunity to enlist in the regular army for a period of service equal to that prescribed in subsection (b) of this section: Provided, That, notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act, any person so enlisting shall not have his enlistment extended without his consent until after a declaration of war or national emergency by the Congress after the date of enactment of the 1951 Amendments to the Universal Military Training and Service Act [June 19, 1951]. (2) Any enlisted member of any reserve component of the Armed Forces may, during the effective period of this Act, apply for a period of service equal to that prescribed in subsection (b) of this section and his application shall be accepted: Provided, That his services can be effectively utilized and that his physical and mental fitness for such service meet the standards prescribed by the head of the department concerned: Provided further, That active service performed pursuant to this section shall not prejudice his status as such member of such reserve component: And provided further, That any person who was a member of a reserve component on June 25, 1950, and who thereafter continued to serve satisfactorily in such reserve component, shall, if his application for active duty made pursuant to this paragraph is denied, be deferred from induction under this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix] until such time as he is ordered to active duty or ceases to serve satisfactorily in such reserve component. (3) Within the limits of the quota determined under section 5 (b) [section 455 (b) of this Appendix] for the subdivision in which he resides, any person, between the ages of eighteen and twentysix, shall be afforded an opportunity to volunteer for induction into the Armed Forces of the United States for the training and service prescribed in subsection (b) [of this section], but no person who so volunteers shall be inducted for such training and service so long as he is deferred after classification. (4) Within the limits of the quota determined under section 5 (b) [section 455 (b) of this Appendix] for the subdivision in which he resides, any person after attaining the age of seventeen shall with the written consent of his parents or guardian be afforded an opportunity to volunteer for induction into the Armed Forces of the United States for |