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On the recordSeptember 9, 1963
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Universal Military Training and Service Act (62 Stat. 604), as amended, I hereby prescribe the following amendments of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed by Executive Orders No. 10735 of October 17, 1957, No. 10984 of January 5, 1962, and No. 11098 of March 14, 1963, and constituting portions of Chapter XVI of Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 11119—Amending the Selective Service Regulations

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