Men aged 18-26 will be automatically registered for the Selective Service System if the bill now passes the Senate
All men aged between 18 and 26 will be automatically registered for the Selective Service System (SSS), which is used for military drafts, under a new bill that passed the House of Representatives on Friday.
The National Defense Authorization Act for the 2025 Fiscal Year passed by a vote of 217-209. It includes provisions to increase pay for serving military members, reduce wasteful spending, bolster NATO funding, and counter “aggressive actions taken by Russia and China,” according to a press release.
The SSS hasn’t been used for over half a century, since the Vietnam War, but men who fail to register face various penalties, including forfeiture of eligibility for federal programs and even jail time.
In recent years, the number of men avoiding registration has increased, in part because registration options were removed from the federal student-loan process.
There are fears that the automatic system will be used for a draft in the near future if America enters a state of open war with Russia or China—or both.
Among those who voted against the bill were Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who explained her decision in a post on Twitter.
“Today I voted NO on the NDAA. While there were many great things in the bill, it still allocates the annual $300 million to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative which is used to fund the war in Ukraine. I am adamantly opposed to the war in Ukraine and I do not think funding a foreign war should be a mandatory annual funding requirement in our US military funding bill. The House also passed a measure automatically registering men aged 18 to 26 for selective service as part of the NDAA. I think we all know where that could lead.”
Reps. Thomas Massie and Matt Rosendale were also notable Republican opponents of the bill.
The bill will now advance to the Senate.
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