32 CFR § 1633.7 - General principles of classification.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s1633.7"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 1633.7 - General principles of classification."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "1633.7"
section_name: "General principles of classification."
chapter_name: "SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM"
part_number: "1633"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATION OF CLASSIFICATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 451 E.O. 11623."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 4654, Feb. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1633"
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# 1633.7 General principles of classification.
(a) Each classified registrant in a selection group is available for unrestricted military service until his eligibility for noncombatant service, alternative service, or deferment or exemption from service has been determined by a classifying authority.
(b) The classifying authority in considering a registrant's claim for classification shall not discriminate for or against him because of his race, creed, color or ethnic background and shall not discriminate for or against him because of his membership or activity in any labor, political, religious, or other organization.
[47 FR 4654, Feb. 1, 1982, as amended at 52 FR 24457, July 1, 1987]