After hearings on its policy and fiscal implications, the California Senate has deferred action on a bill to automatically register draft-age applicants for driver’s licenses and state IDs with the Selective Service System (SSS) for a possible future military draft,...
California Selective Service Bill Set for Hearing in Sacramento April 9th
A bill to automatically register draft-age applicants for California driver’s licenses with the Selective Service System (SSS) has been set for its first first hearing in Room 1200 of the State Capitol Annex "Swing Space" building, 1021 O St. in Sacramento (2 blocks...
California Bill Would Require Draft Registration for Driver’s Licenses
A bill to require applicants for California driver’s licenses ages 16 through 25 to consent to registration with the Selective Service System for a possible military draft, SB 1081, has been introduced again in the California legislature. The sole initial sponsor of...
Annual ‘Defense’ Bill Leaves Selective Service in Limbo
On Friday, 22 December 2023, President Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the Federal government’s 2024 fiscal year into law. The signing of the annual NDAA has often been an occasion for pomp and publicity, but this year it was done with...
RIP: In Memory and in Honor of Draft Resister David Harris
David Harris speaks to a crowd of around 20,000 people at the East Coast mobilization against the draft and draft registration on the steps of the U.S. Capital, Washington, DC, March 22, 1980. Photo from Resistance News. David Harris also participated in a resistance...
Congress Again Backs Away From Expansion of Draft Registration
For the third time in the last six years, proposals to expand the current Selective Service registration requirement to include young women as well as young men were included in versions of this year’s annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year...
Congress Is Again Considering Proposals To End, or To Expand, Selective Service
Once again in 2022, sooner than we expected, Congress is considering proposals either to finally end the widely disregarded, unenforced, and unenforceable requirement for men ages 18-26 to register and report changes of address to the Selective Service System for use...
Congress Punts Decision on Draft Registration Into 2022 or 2023
Congress has once again deferred making a decision as to whether to finally end draft registration or to expand it to include young women as well as young men.What happened with Selective Service and the Fiscal Year 2022 NDAA?The final version of this year’s this...
US Senate Prepares To Expand Selective Service to Women as Well as Men
After months of delay, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Sunday that the Senate is "likely" to vote this week on an annual defense [sic] bill which includes a provision – already approved by the House of Representatives in its version of the...
House Votes This Week on Selective Service
Key votes in the U.S. House of Representatives on proposals to repeal (unlikely), expand to women (most likely), or eliminate some of the penalties for violations of the Military Selective Service Act will take place this week as part of the debate on this year’s...
