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.( WHEREAS, the Selective Service System, known as the Nation's
411 .�� Third Tier of Defense, continues to be the principal
resource for mobilizing our nation's manpower for the
Department of Defense in time of national
t emergency; and
;1 • WHEREAS, under the Military Selective Service Act, young men are
required to register with Selective Service within 30
days of reaching their 18`h birthday, a requirement that
continues until their 26th birthday; and
WHEREAS, registration with Selective Service is a requirement for
eligibility for many benefits which include federal and
state job training programs, student loans and grants,
attendance at state-supported institutions of higher
learning, federal, state and county employment: and
WHEREAS, registration with Selective Service is a requirement for
eligibility for an immigrant who is 18 but not yet 26 years
of age to become an American citizen; and
WHEREAS, the Selective Service System has several initiatives
underway to increase registration compliance, including
the National High School Registration Drive, November
5-9, 2001, to increase on-time, on-line registrations;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, William Doane, Mayor of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby
proclaim November, 2001
Selective Service Registration Awareness Month
in the City of Seal Beach.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of
Seal Beach to be affixed this Thirteenth Day of November, in the Year Two Thousand-One.
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Mayor William Doane
Attest:
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City Clerk