Prescribing Portions of the Selective Service Regulations and Authorizing the Director of Selective Service To Perform Certain Functions of the President Under the Selective Service Act of 1948

Signed by Harry S. Truman on Jul 20, 1948.

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Vote Files. "Executive Order 9979: Prescribing Portions of the Selective Service Regulations and Authorizing the Director of Selective Service To Perform Certain Functions of the President Under the Selective Service Act of 1948." Last modified September 27, 2026. Accessed September 27, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-9979.

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@misc{votefiles_eo_9979,
  author       = {{Vote Files}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 9979: Prescribing Portions of the Selective Service Regulations and Authorizing the Director of Selective Service To Perform Certain Functions of the President Under the Selective Service Act of 1948}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-9979}},
  note         = {Citation ID eo-9979; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1948.html; last checked 2026-09-27; accessed 2026-09-27}
}

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Amended by EO 9992, August 28, 1941; EO 10001, September 17, 1948; EO 10008, October 18, 1948; EO 10116, March 9, 1950; EO 10167, October 11, 1950; EO 10202, January 12, 1951; EO 10232, April 18, 1951; EO 10292, September 25, 1951; EO 10363, June 17, 1952; EO 10594, January 31, 1955; EO 10659, February 15, 1956; EO 11360, June 30, 1967; EO 11555, September 2, 1970; EO 12608, September 9, 1987

See EO 9988, August 20, 1948; EO 10028, January 13, 1949; EO 10328, February 20, 1952; EO 10344, April 17, 1952; EO 10650, January 6, 1956

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