2019 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 49 - Military Selective Service
Sec. 3818 - Effective date

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Citation 50 U.S.C. § 3818 (2019)
Section Name §3818. Effective date
Section Text

This chapter shall become effective immediately; except that unless the President, or the Congress by concurrent resolution, declares a national emergency after June 24, 1948, no person shall be inducted or ordered into active service without his consent under this chapter within ninety days after June 24, 1948.

Source Credit

(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 chapter. 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 reclassification 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1956—Act Aug. 10, 1956, repealed provisions requiring the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and the Treasury to initiate and carry forward intensified voluntary enlistment campaigns for the Army,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 Treasury, for the Coast Guard" after "Marine Corps".

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 49 - MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE
Sec. 3818 - Effective date
Contains section 3818
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 62 Stat. 627, 604
64 Stat. 1074
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