---
kind: "unit"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
key: "ch49"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 49"
heading: "Military Selective Service"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/ch49"
sections_count: 20
---

# Chapter 49 — Military Selective Service

Title 50 — War and National Defense

## Sections

- [§3801. Short title; Congressional declaration of policy](/usc/50/3801.md)
- [§3802. Registration](/usc/50/3802.md)
- [§3803. Persons liable for training and service](/usc/50/3803.md)
- [§3804. Volunteer service of physicians and dentists; minimum period](/usc/50/3804.md)
- [§3805. Manner of selection of men for training and service; quotas](/usc/50/3805.md)
- [§3806. Deferments and exemptions from training and service](/usc/50/3806.md)
- [§3807. Bounties for induction; substitutes; purchase of release](/usc/50/3807.md)
- [§3808. Separation from service](/usc/50/3808.md)
- [§3809. Selective Service System](/usc/50/3809.md)
- [§3810. Emergency medical care](/usc/50/3810.md)
- [§3811. Offenses and penalties](/usc/50/3811.md)
- [§3812. Nonapplicability of certain laws](/usc/50/3812.md)
- [§3813. Notice of requirements of this chapter; voluntary enlistments unaffected](/usc/50/3813.md)
- [§3814. Definitions](/usc/50/3814.md)
- [§3815. Repeals; appropriations; termination date](/usc/50/3815.md)
- [§3816. Utilization of industry](/usc/50/3816.md)
- [§3817. Savings provision](/usc/50/3817.md)
- [§3818. Effective date](/usc/50/3818.md)
- [§3819. Authority of President to order Reserve components to active service; release from active duty; retention of unit organizations and equipment](/usc/50/3819.md)
- [§3820. Procedural rights](/usc/50/3820.md)