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under paragraph (2) (A) of this subsection extended by his period of such active duty, but not to exceed that period of active duty to which the President is authorized to order units of the Ready Reserve or members of a Reserve component: Provided, That with respect to a member who voluntarily enters upon active duty or whose active duty is voluntarily extended the provisions of this paragraph shall apply only when such additional active duty is at the request and for the convenience of the Federal Government.

(3) Any member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States who is ordered to an initial period of active duty for training of not less than three consecutive months shall, upon application for reemployment within thirty-one days after (A) his release from that active duty for training after satisfactory service, or (B) his discharge from hospitalization incident to that active duty for training, or one year after his scheduled release from that training, whichever is earlier, be entitled to all reemployment rights and benefits provided by this section for persons inducted under the provisions of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], except that (A) any person restored to a position in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph shall not be discharged from such position without cause within six months after that restoration, and (B) no reemployment rights granted by this paragraph shall entitle any person to retention, preference, or displacement rights over any veteran with a superior claim under the Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, as amended.

(4) Any employee not covered by paragraph (3) of this subsection who holds a position described in paragraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b) of this section shall upon request be granted a leave of absence by his employer for the period required to perform active duty for training or inactive duty training in the Armed Forces of the United States. Upon his release from a period of such active duty for training or inactive duty training, or upon his discharge from hospitalization incident to that training, such employee shall be permitted to return to his position with such seniority, status, pay, and vacation as he would have had if he had not been absent for such purposes. He shall report for work at the beginning of his next regularly scheduled working period after expiration of the last calendar day necessary to travel from the place of training to the place of employment following his release, or within a reasonable time thereafter if delayed return is due to factors beyond the employee's control. Failure to report for work at such next regularly scheduled working period shall make the employee subject to the conduct rules of the employer pertaining to explanations and discipline with respect to absence from scheduled work. If that employee is hospitalized incident to active duty for training or inactive duty training, he shall be required to report for work at the beginning of his next regularly scheduled work period after expiration of the time necessary to travel from the place of discharge from hospitalization to the place of employment, or within a reasonable time thereafter

if delayed return is due to factors beyond the employee's control, or within one year after his release from active duty for training or inactive duty training, whichever is earlier. If an employee covered by this paragraph is not qualified to perform the duties of his position by reason of disability sustained during active duty for training or inactive duty training, but is qualified to perform the duties of any other position in the employ of the employer or his successor in interest, he shall be restored by that employer or his successor in interest to such other position the duties of which he is qualified to perform as will provide him like seniority, status, and pay, or the nearest approximation thereof consistent with the circumstances in his case.

(5) Any employee not covered by paragraph (3) of this subsection who holds a position described in paragraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b) of this section shall be considered as having been on leave of absence during the period required to report for the purpose of being inducted into, entering or determining by a preinduction or other examination his physical fitness to enter the Armed Forces of the United States. Upon his rejection, upon completion of his preinduction or other examination, or upon his discharge from hospitalization incident to that rejection or examination, such employee shall be permitted to return to his position in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (4) of this subsection.

(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection, full-time training or other fulltime duty performed by a member of the National Guard under section 316, 503, 504, or 505 of Title 32 is considered active duty for training; and for the purpose of paragraph (4) of the subsection, inactive duty training performed by that member under section 502 of Title 32, or [former] section 301 of Title 37 [now sections 206, 301, 309, 402 and 1002 of Title 371 is considered inactive duty training. (h) Aid by Bureau of Veterans' Reemployment Rights. The Secretary of Labor, through the Bureau of Veterans' Reemployment Rights, shall render aid in the replacement in their former positions of persons who have satisfactorily completed any period of active duty in the armed forces of the United States or the Public Health Service. In rendering such aid, the Secretary shall use the then existing Federal and State agencies engaged in similar or related activities and shall utilize the assistance of volunteers.

(i) Right to vote; manner; poll tax.

Any person 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, during the period of such service, be permitted to vote in person or by absentee ballot in any general, special, or primary election occurring in the State of which he is a resident, whether he is within or outside such State at the time of such election, if under the laws of such State he is otherwise entitled so to vote in such election; but nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require granting to any such person a leave of absence or furlough for longer than one day in order to permit him to vote in person in any such election.

No person inducted into, or enlisted in, the armed forces for training and service under this title [said sections] shall, during the period of such service, as a condition of voting in any election for President, Vice President, electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, be required to pay any poll tax or other tax or make any other payment to any State or political subdivision thereof.

(j) Reports on separated personnel.

The Secretaries of Army, Navy, Air Force, or Treasury shall furnish to the Selective Service System hereafter established a report of separation for each person separated from active duty. (June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, § 9, 62 Stat. 614; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 909; Sept. 27, 1950, ch. 1059, §1 (7)—(10), 64 Stat. 1074; June 19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, § 1(s), 65 Stat. 85; July 12, 1955, ch. 327, 69 Stat. 295; July 9, 1956, ch. 523, § 1, 70 Stat. 509; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86-632, § 1, 74 Stat. 467; Oct. 4, 1961, Pub. L. 87-391, 75 Stat. 821; Aug. 17, 1968, Pub. L. 90-491, § 1, 82 Stat. 790.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Veterans' Preference Act of 1944, as amended, referred to in subsec. (g) (3), is now covered by sections 2108, 3309 et seq., 3501 et seq., 7511 et seq., and 7701 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

AMENDMENTS

1968 Subsec. (c) (3). Pub. L. 90-491, § 1(1), added subsec. (c) (3).

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90-491, § 1(2), included cases where any private employer fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of subsec. (c) (3) of this section.

Subsec. (g) (1). Pub. L. 90-491, § 1(3), substituted "does not exceed five years, provided that the service in excess of four years after August 1, 1961, is at the request and for the convenience of the Federal Government" for "does not exceed four years."

Subsec. (g) (2). Pub. L. 90-491, § 1(4), designated existing provisions as par. (A), and added par. (B).

1961-Subsec. (g) (1). Pub L. 87-391 permitted four years service after Aug. 1, 1961, in addition to four years service between June 24, 1948, and Aug. 1, 1961, without loss of reemployment rights.

Subsec. (g) (2). Pub. L. 87-391 permitted four years service after Aug. 1, 1961, in addition to four years service between June 24, 1948, and Aug. 1, 1961, without loss of reemployment rights.

Subsec. (g) (4). Pub. L. 87-391 eliminated the requirement that persons who are rejected for military service must have requested a leave of absence from their employers for the purpose of determining their physical fitness to enter the Armed Forces in order to insure reemployment rights.

Subsec. (g) (5). Pub. L. 87-391 added subsec. (g) (5) and redesignated subsec. (g) (5) as (g) (6).

Subsec. (g) (6). Pub. L. 87-391 redesignated former subsec. (g) (5) as (g) (6).

1960-Subsec. (g) (2). Pub. L. 86-632, § 1(1), inserted "and other than for training" after "physical fitness" in the parenthetical phrase.

Subsec. (g) (3). Pub. L. 86-632, § 1(2), substituted the existing reemployment provisions for provisions granting a leave of absence to perform training duty or to be examined to determine fitness to enter the armed forces and requiring application for reinstatement to be made within thirty days following release from training duty or rejection for service.

Subsec. (g) (4), (5). Pub. L. 86-632, § 1(3), added pars. (4) and (5).

1956 Subsec. (d). Act July 9, 1956, inserted reference to subsection (g) of this section.

1955 Subsec. (a). Act July 12, 1955, added a proviso removing requirement for a final physical examination

for inductees who continue on active duty in another status in the Armed Forces.

1951-Subsec. (g). Act June 19, 1951, clarified reemployment rights with respect to restoration to a position of like seniority, status, and pay.

1950 Subsec. (g)(1). Act Sept. 27, 1950, § 1(7), struck out the phrases "or the Coast Guard (other than a reserve component)" and "or the Coast Guard" following "(other than in a reserve component)".

Subsec. (g) (2). Act Sept. 27, 1950, § 1(8), struck out ", the Coast Guard" following "United States". Subsec. (h). Act Sept. 27, 1950, § 1(9), struck out ", the Coast Guard" following "United States". Subsec. (1). Act Sept. 27, 1950, § 1(10), struck out "or" following "Navy" and inserted ", or Treasury" following "Air Force".

CHANGE OF NAME

Subsec. (d). Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, substituted "United States attorney" for "United States district attorney". See section 541 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1960 AMENDMENT

Section 3 of Pub. L. 86-632 provided that: "This Act [amending subsec. (g) of this section and repealing section 1013 (1) of Title 50] shall take effect upon the expiration of sixty days from the date of its enactment [July 12, 1960].”

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1956 AMENDMENT

Section 2 of act July 9, 1955, provided that amendment to subsec. (d) of this section should take effect as of June 19, 1951.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of Public Health Service, of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, and of all other officers and employees of the Public Health Service, and all functions of all agencies of or in the Public Health Service transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, effective June 25, 1966, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. CROSS REFERENCES

Federal absentee voting assistance, see section 1451 et seq. of this Appendix.

SUPREME COURT RULES

Veterans' cases under this section, see rule 54, Title 28, Appendix, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 469, 470 of this Appendix and in title 5 section 3551; title 28 section 631.

§ 460. Selective Service System.

(a) Establishment; construction; appointment_and compensation 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, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall receive basic compensation at the rate of $14,000 per annum.

(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 title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix]: Provided, That, effective upon the termination of this title [said sections] 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 the effective date of this title [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 available) of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the Selective Service System shall be transferred to such reestablished Office of Selective Service Records.

(b) Administrative provisions.

The President is authorized

(1) to prescribe the necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix];

(2) to appoint, upon recommendation of the respective governor or comparable executive official, a State director of the Selective Service System for each headquarters in each State, Territory, and possession of the United States and for the District of Columbia, who shall represent the governor and be in immediate charge of the State headquarters of the Selective Service System; to employ such number of civilians, and to order to active duty with their consent and to assign to the Selective Service System such officers of the selective-service section of the State headquarters and headquarters detachments and such other officers of the federally recognized National Guard of the United States or other armed forces personnel (including personnel of the reserve components thereof), as may be necessary for the administration of the national and of the several State headquarters of the Selective Service System;

(3) to create and establish within the Selective Service System civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards, and such other civilian agencies, including agencies of appeal, as may be necessary to carry out its functions with respect to the registration, examination, classification, selection, assignment, delivery for induction, and maintenance of records of persons registered under this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], together with such other duties as may be assigned under this title [said sections]: Provided, That no person shall be disqualified from serving as a counselor to registrants, including service as Government appeal agent, because of his membership in a Reserve component of the Armed Forces.

He shall create and establish one or more local boards in each county or political subdivision corresponding thereto of each State, Territory, and possession of the United States, and in the District of Columbia. Each local board shall consist of three or more members to be appointed by the President from recommendations made by the respective governors or comparable executive officials. No member shall serve on any local board or appeal board for more than twenty-five years, or after he has attained the age of seventy-five. No citizen shall be denied membership on any local board or appeal board on account of sex. The requirements outlined in the preceding two sentences shall be fully implemented and effective not later than January 1, 1968: Provided, That an intercounty local board consisting of at least one member from each component county or corresponding subdivision may be established for an area not exceeding five counties or political subdivisions corresponding thereto within a State or comparable jurisdiction when the President determines, after considering the public interest involved and the recommendation of the governor or comparable executive official or officials, that the establishment of such local board area will result in a more efficient and economical operation. Any such intercounty local board shall have within its area the same power and jurisdiction as a local board has in its area. No member of any local board shall be a member of the armed forces of the United States, but each member of any local board shall be a civilian who is a citizen of the United States residing in the county or political subdivision has jurisdiction, and each intercounty local board corresponding thereto in which such local board shall have at least one member from each county or political subdivision corresponding thereto included within the intercounty local board area. Such local boards, or separate panels thereof each consisting of three or more members, shall, under rules and regulations prescribed by the President, have the power within the respective jurisdictions of such local boards to hear and determine, subject to the right of appeal to the appeal boards herein authorized, all questions or claims with respect to inclusion for, or exemption or deferment from, training and service under this title [said sections], of all individuals within the jurisdiction of such local boards. The decisions of such local board shall be final, except where an appeal is authorized and is taken in accordance with such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe. There shall be not less than one appeal board located within the area of each Federal judicial district in the United States and within each Territory and possession of the United States, and such additional separate panels thereof, as may be prescribed by the President. Appeal boards within the Selective Service System shall be composed of civilians who are citizens of the United States and who are not members of the armed forces. The decision of such appeal boards shall be final in cases before them on appeal unless modified or changed by the President. The President, upon

appeal or upon his own motion, shall have power to determine all claims or questions with respect to inclusion for, or exemption or deferment from training and service under this title [said sections], and the determination of the President shall be final. No judicial review shall be made of the classification or processing of any registrant by local boards, appeal boards, or the President, except as a defense to a criminal prosecution instituted under section 12 of this title [section 462 of this Appendix], after the registrant has responded either affirmatively or negatively to an order to report for induction, or for civilian work in the case of a registrant determined to be opposed to participation in war in any form: Provided, That such review shall go to the question of the jurisdiction herein reserved to local boards, appeal boards, and the President only when there is no basis in fact for the classification assigned to such registrant. No person who is a civilian officer, member, agent, or employee of the Office of Selective Service Records or the Selective service System, or of any local board or appeal board or other agency of such Officer or system, shall be excepted from registration or deferred or exempted from training and service, as provided for in this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], by reason of his status as such civilian officer, member, agent, or employee;

(4) to appoint, and to fix, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, the compensation of such officers, agents, and employees as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix]: Provided, That the compensation of employees of local boards and appeal boards may be fixed without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended: Provided further, That any officer on the active or retired list of the armed forces, or any reserve component thereof with his consent, or any officer or employee of any department or agency of the United States who may be assigned or detailed to any office or position to carry out the provisions of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix] (except to offices or positions on local boards or appeal boards established or created pursuant to section 10(b) (3) [subsection (b) (3) of this section]) may serve in and perform the functions of such office or position without loss of or prejudice to his status as such officer in the armed forces or reserve component thereof, or as such officer or employee in any department or agency of the United States: "Provided further, That an employee of a local board having supervisory duties with respect to other employees of one or more local boards shall be designated as the "executive secretary" of the local board or boards: And provided further, That the term of employment of such "executive secretary" in such position shall in no case exceed ten years except when reappointed;

(5) to utilize the services of any or all departments and any and all officers or agents of the United States, and to accept the services of all

officers and agents of the several States, Territories, and possessions, and subdivisions thereof, and the District of Columbia, and of private welfare organizations, in the execution of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix];

(6) to purchase such printing, binding, and blank-book work from public, commercial, or private printing establishments or binderies upon orders placed by the Public Printer or upon waivers issued in accordance with section 12 of the Printing Act approved January 12, 1895, as amended [section 14 of Title 44], and to obtain by purchase, loan, or gift such equipment and supplies for the Selective Service System, as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], with or without advertising or formal contract;

(7) to prescribe eligibility, rules, and regulations governing the parole for service in the armed forces, or for any other special service established pursuant to this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], of any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this title [said sections];

(8) subject to the availability of funds appropriated for such purpose, to procure such space as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix] and Public Law 26, Eightieth Congress, approved March 31, 1947, by lease pursuant to existing statutes, except that the provisions of the Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 412), as amended by section 15 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (47 Stat. 1517; [section 278a of Title 401), shall not apply to any lease entered into under the authority of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix];

(9) subject to the availability of funds appropriated for such purposes, to determine the location of such additional temporary installations as he may deem essential; to utilize and enlarge such existing installations; to construct, install, and equip, and to complete the construction, installation, and equipment of such buildings, structures, utilities, and appurtenances (including the necessary grading and removal, repair or remodeling of existing structures and installations), as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix]; and, in order to accomplish the purpose of this title [said sections], to acquire lands, and rights pertaining thereto, or other interests therein, for temporary use thereof, by donation or lease, and to prosecute construction thereon prior to the approval of the title [said sections] by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended.

(10) subject to the availability of funds appropriated for such purposes, to utilize, in order to provide and furnish such services as may be deemed necessary or expedient to accomplish the purposes of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455,

456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], such personnel of the armed forces and of Reserve components thereof with their consent, and such civilian personnel, as may be necessary. For the purposes of this title [said sections], the provisions of section 14 of the Federal Employees' Pay Act of 1946 (Public Law 390, Seventy-ninth Congress) with respect to the maximum limitations as to the number of civilian employees shall not be applicable to the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the Department of the Air Force.

(c) Delegation of President's authority.

The President is authorized to delegate any authority vested in him under this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], and to provide for the subdelegation of any such authority.

(d) Acceptance of gifts and voluntary services.

In the administration of this title [sections 451. 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix], gifts of supplies, equipment, and voluntary services may be accepted.

(e) Fiscal, disbursing, and accounting agent.

The Chief of Finance, United States Army, is authorized to act as the fiscal, disbursing, and accounting agent of the Director in carrying out the provisions of this title [sections 451, 453, 454, 455, 456 and 458 to 471 of this Appendix].

(f) Settlement of travel claims, etc.

The Director is authorized to make final settlement of individual claims, for amounts not exceeding $50, for travel and other expenses of uncompensated personnel of the Office of Selective Service Records, or the Selective Service System, incurred while in the performance of official duties, without regard to other provisions of law governing the travel of civilian employees of the Federal Government. (g) Reports to Congress.

The Director of Selective Service shall submit to the Congress semiannually a written report covering the operation of the Selective Service System and such report shall include, by States, information as to the number of persons registered under this Act; the number of persons inducted in to the military service under this Act; and the number of deferments granted under this Act and the basis for such deferments; and such other specific kinds of information as the Congress may from time to time request. (June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, § 10, 62 Stat. 618; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, § 1106 (a), 63 Stat. 972; June 30, 1950, ch. 445, § 3, 64 Stat. 319; Sept. 27, 1950, ch. 1059, § 3 (b), 64 Stat. 1074; June 19, 1951, ch. 144, title I, § 1(u), 65 Stat. 87; June 30, 1967, Pub. L. 90-40, § 1(8)-(10), 81 Stat. 104, 105.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The taking of effect of the provisions of this title and the effective date of this title, referred to in subsec. (a) (4), are defined in section 470 of this Appendix.

The termination of this title, referred to in subsec. (a) (4), is defined in section 467 of this Appendix.

Act of March 31, 1947, and Public Law 26. Eightieth Congress, approved March 31, 1947, referred to in subsecs. (a) (4) and (b) (8), respectively, are classified to sections 321-329 of this Appendix.

Classification Act of 1949, referred to in subsec. (b) (4), is classified to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended, referred to in subsec. (b) (9), is set out as section 733 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters; section 255 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property and Works; and section 175 of this title.

Section 14 of the Federal Employees' Pay Act of 1946 (Public Law 390, Seventy-ninth Congress), referred to in subsec. (b) (10), was act May 24, 1946, ch. 270, § 14, 60 Stat. 219, which amended section 607 of act June 30, 1945, ch. 212, title VI, 59 Stat. 304 (former section 947 of Title 5). Section 607, as amended, was repealed by act Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, title III, § 301 (85), 64 Stat. 843. This Act, referred to in subsec. (g), 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 location of such sections in revised Title 10, Armed Forces, see disposition table set out at the beginning of Title 10, Armed Forces. AMENDMENTS

1967-Subsec. (b) (3). Pub. L. 90-40, § 1(8), prohibited the disqualification of members of armed forces reserve components from serving as counselors to registrants, including services as government appeal agents, merely because of such membership in the reserve, set 25 years as the maximum length of service on local and appeal boards and 75 years as the age after the attainment of which members may not serve, prohibited discrimination as to service on boards because of sex, with the new limitations on age and sex to be implemented not later than January 1, 1968, and prohibited judicial review of classification or processing of registrants except as a defense to a criminal prosecution instituted under section 462 of this Appendix, and then only after the registrant has responded either affirmatively or negatively to an order to report for induction or for civilian work and to the question of jurisdiction reserved to local boards, appeal boards, and the President only when there is no basis in fact for the classification.

Subsec. (b) (4). Pub. L. 90-40, § 1(9), provided for the designation of a local board employee having supervisory duties with respect to other employees of one or more local boards as the "executive secretary", with such employee to serve in that position for a maximum of ten years except when reappointed.

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 90-40, § 1(10), substituted "semiannually" for, "on or before the 3rd day of January of each year," as the time for the submission of the Director's written report to Congress, and added "such other specific kinds of information as the Congress may from time to time request" to the enumeration of subjects to be covered by the report.

1951-Subsec. (b)(3). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(u) (1), provided for one appeal board in each Federal judicial district in the United States, its territories and possessions, and such necessary panels as the President deems necessary.

Subsec. (g). Act June 19, 1951, § 1(u) (2), added subsec. (g).

1950 Subsec. (b) (3). Act Sept. 27, 1950, inserted ", or separate panels thereof each consisting of three or more members" following "Such local boards" in the sixth sentence.

Subsec. (b) (4). Act June 30, 1950, deleted the comma between "the compensation of” and “such officers". 1949-Subsec. (b) (4). Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted the "Classification Act of 1949" for the "Classification Act of

1923".

SHORT TITLE

Section 4 of act June 30, 1950, provided that the Act, enacting section 471 of this Appendix and amending this section and section 467 of this Appendix should be popularly known as the "Selective Service Extension Act of 1950".

DELEGATION OF PRESIDENT'S AUTHORITY

Ex. Ord. No. 10271, July 7, 1951, 16 F.R. 6659, set out as a note under section 471 of this Appendix, delegates,

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