National Service Act
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The National Service Act may refer to any one of a number of acts enforcing national service
or conscription
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National service
National service is a common name for mandatory government service programmes . The term became common British usage during and for some years following the Second World War. Many young people spent one or more years in such programmes...
or conscription
Conscription
Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names...
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- in the United States
- Universal National Service ActUniversal National Service ActThe Universal National Service Act is the name of at least four bills proposed in the United States Congress . The Universal National Service Act of 2007 is primarily sponsored by Congressman Charles Rangel of New York. Advocates for National Service include Senator Chris Dodd, Professor and A...
- National Service Act of 2006National Service Act of 2006Universal National Service Act of 2006, sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel, was introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives on February 14, 2006. On February 23, 2006, it was referred to the House Subcommittee on Military Personnel. The bill was never enacted.-Public debate:Rep. Rangel argued...
- Universal National Service Act
- in Australia
- National Service Act 1951
- National Service Act 1964
- in the UK
- National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939The National Service Act 1939 was enacted immediately by the Parliament of the United Kingdom on the day the United Kingdom declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, at the start of the Second World War. It superseded the Military Training Act 1939 passed in May that year, and enforced full...
- National Service Act 1948National Service Act 1948The National Service Act 1948 was an Act of Parliament which extended the British conscription of World War II into peacetime, in the form of National Service...
- National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939