The Selective Service System (SSS), which maintains the database of men eligible for a draft, states on its website that under the new, “streamlined” registration process, responsibility for registering will shift “from individual men to SSS through integration with federal data sources.”
Congress previously approved the change to automatic registration in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2026, which was signed into law by President Donald Trump in December.
Here’s what to know about SSS registration, who is required to register for the draft, and the new process set to be put in place at the end of this year.
Men who fail to register can become ineligible for state financial aid, state and federal employment, and—in the case of male immigrants—U.S. citizenship. Failing to register, or aiding and abetting someone “to fail to comply with the registration requirement,” is also considered a felony and is punishable by up to a $250,000 fine and five years imprisonment, according to the SSS.
Disabled men who would not qualify for military service must still register with SSS.
“A man’s reasons for not wanting to participate in a war must not be based on politics, expediency, or self-interest,” the SSS outlines. “In general, the man’s lifestyle prior to making his claim must reflect his current claims.”
Eligible men can currently register themselves online or through the mail.
The Department of Defense (DOD) requires the SSS to “deliver the first inductees to the military” within 193 days of a draft being authorized, per the agency.
How will the proposed rule change the process?
Men will be automatically registered within 30 days of their 18th birthday under the new policy, the same period during which eligible men are currently required to self-register.
The proposed rule will not change who is required to register.
“This will also allow us to rededicate resources—basically that means money—towards [readiness] and towards mobilization … rather than towards education and advertising campaigns driven to register people,” she said.
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