US EditionAutomatic registration for US military draft to begin in December
The change would replace self-registration with data matching and could cover 81% of eligible men, the agency said.
- By December 2026, the Selective Service System will automatically register eligible males ages 18 to 25 for the military draft database, as mandated by the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act signed by President Donald Trump on December 18, 2025.
- The agency will integrate data from federal sources including the DMV, SSA, and IRS to replace manual registration, aiming to improve compliance after it fell to 81% in 2024 following removal of the registration option from federal student loan forms in 2022.
- Penalties for failing to register remain a felony, punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and up to five years in prison, while non-compliance results in ineligibility for federal student loans, employment, and U.S. citizenship for immigrants.
- Civil rights advocate Edward Hasbrouck asserts that "sensitive personal data could be pulled from federal databases without consent," warning that automatic registration raises privacy and civil liberty concerns for vulnerable groups including transgender and immigrant youth.
- Since the U.S. has not activated a military draft since 1973, any return to conscription would require specific authorization from both Congress and the president, meaning automatic registration is an administrative change, not a draft reinstatement.
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The US is changing its system for compulsory military registration. Young men are to be automatically registered as early as December.
Young and eligible men will be automatically registered in the Selective Service registry starting in December, as part of a measure included in the annual defense policy bill that Congress enacted at the end of last year. Men aged 18 to 26 must already register in the Selective Service in case a recruitment is required. The last time there was recruitment was in February 1973, during the Vietnam War. The automatic registration is already in eff…
Young, eligible men will be automatically enrolled in the Selective Service registry starting in December, as part of a measure included in the annual defense policy bill that Congress enacted at the end of…
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN. Young, eligible men will be automatically enrolled in the Selective Service registry starting in December, as part of a measure included in the annual defense policy bill that Congress passed late last year. Men aged 18 to 26 are already required to register with the Selective Service in case a draft is needed. The last draft was in February 1973, during the Vietnam War. Automatic registration is already in effect in 46 sta…
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Starting this December, young men ages 18 to 25 will no longer have to register for the military draft manually, as the federal government will register them automatically.The Selective Service System, the government organization that maintains a database of men eligible to serve the country in a national emergency, is undergoing this change. The proposed change is currently awaiting finalization by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affai…
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