From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The
Selective Service System
is an independent agency of the
United States government
. It has information on those subject to the U.S.
military
draft. All male
U.S. citizens
and male
immigrant
non-citizens between ages 18 and 25 are required by law to register within 30 days of their 18th birthdays.
[1]
They must also contact the Selective Service within ten days of any changes of any information they gave, like a change of address.
[2]
Females, on the other hand, are not required to register.
[3]
Registration with Selective Service is also required for several federal programs and benefits, including job training, federal
employment
,
naturalization
,
Pell grants
and
student loans
.
On July 2, 1980, then-
President
Jimmy Carter
signed Proclamation 4771 (Registration under the Military Selective Service Act).
[4]
That was in response to the
Soviet war in Afghanistan
the previous year
.
[5]
It re-established the Selective Service registration requirement for all 18-to-26 year old men born on or after January 1, 1960.
The first registrations began on July 21, 1980 at various
post offices
across the
United States
, starting with men born in 1960. Men born in or after 1963 were required to register within 30 days of their 18th birthday.
On April 27, 2016, the Armed House Services Committee voted to add an
amendment
to extend the authority for draft registration to
females
.
[6]
If
the bill
had passed, it would have authorized then-President
Barack Obama
to order young women as well as men to register with the Selective System.
[7]
- ↑
"Why Register"
. Selective Service System. Archived from
the original
on March 16, 2020
. Retrieved
January 30,
2019
.
- ↑
"Change of Address"
. Selective Service System. Archived from
the original
on January 20, 2020
. Retrieved
January 30,
2019
.
- ↑
"Women and the Draft"
. SSS. Archived from
the original
on January 8, 2019
. Retrieved
January 30,
2019
.
- ↑
"Proclamations"
. Federal Register
. Retrieved
January 30,
2019
.
- ↑
"Background of Selective Service"
. Web Archive. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009
. Retrieved
January 30,
2019
.
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- ↑
"The National Defense Authorization Act 2017"
. Congress.gov
. Retrieved
January 30,
2019
.
- ↑
"House Committee Votes to Extend Draft Registration to Women"
. The Practical Nomad
. Retrieved
January 30,
2019
.