32 CFR § 1653.1 - Who may appeal to the President.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s1653.1"
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title: "32 CFR § 1653.1 - Who may appeal to the President."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "1653.1"
section_name: "Who may appeal to the President."
chapter_name: "SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM"
part_number: "1653"
part_name: "APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 451  E.O. 11623."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 4663, Feb. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1653"
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# 1653.1 Who may appeal to the President.

(a) The Director of Selective Service may appeal to the President from any non-unanimous determination of a district appeal board when he deems it necessary to assure the fair and equitable administration of the Selective Service Law: *Provided,* That, no such appeal will be taken after the expiration of the appeal period prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section.

(b) When a registrant has been classified by a district appeal board and one or more members of the board dissented from that classification, he may within 15 days after a notice thereof has been mailed, appeal to the President and may request a personal appearance before the National Selective Service Appeal Board.