§3805 Manner of selection of men for training and service; quotas

Summary

People must be chosen for training and service in a fair way under rules the President creates. Choices must come from people who are required to serve and who are registered and classified and not deferred or exempt. No one may be treated differently because of race or color. The President’s rules decide how different groups of registrants are put into classes and when each registration’s people are picked. The President may also allow picking by age groups. Local boards may not draft anyone under 19 unless there are not enough people aged 19 or older available; they also may not pick a younger person if someone up to 90 days older and available could be picked instead. A noncitizen may be drafted only after living in the United States for one year. How many people each State, Territory, possession, and the District of Columbia (and their local areas) must provide is set by quotas based on the actual number of eligible men not deferred after classification. Credit is given when residents are already in the armed forces on the quota date and for those who join later. If counts are not known, quotas may start from estimates and be adjusted later under the President’s rules. If the President orders random selection, induction calls may follow his rules even if they differ from the quota method. No more than 130,000 people could be inducted in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and no more than 140,000 in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, unless a later law passed after September 28, 1971, allows more.