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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 1071 (EAH) — 119 S1071 EAH: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · Sec. 535

Sec. 535. Selective Service System: automatic registration

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The Military Selective Service Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq. ) is amended by striking section 3 ( 50 U.S.C. 3802 ) and inserting the following new section 3: Except as otherwise provided in this title, every male citizen of the United States, and every other male person residing in the United States, between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six, shall be automatically registered under this Act by the Director of the Selective Service System. This section shall not apply to any alien lawfully admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 ) for so long as such alien continues to maintain a lawful nonimmigrant status in the United States.
Regulations prescribed pursuant to this section
(a)may require— a person subject to registration under this section to provide, to the Director, information (including date of birth, address, social security account number, phone number, and email address) regarding such person; a Federal entity to provide, to the Director, information described in paragraph
(1)that the Director determines necessary to identify or register a person subject to registration under this section; and the Director to provide, to a person registered under this section, written notification that— such person has been so registered; and if such person is not required to be so registered, the procedure by which such person may correct such registration. . The Military Selective Service Act is further amended— in section 4 ( 50 U.S.C. 3803 )— in subsection (a)— by striking required to register each place it appears and inserting registered ; by striking at the time fixed for his registration, ; and by striking who is required to register and inserting registered ; in subsection (k)(2), in the matter following subparagraph(B), by striking liable for registration and inserting registered ; in section 6(a) ( 50 U.S.C. 3806(a) )— in paragraph (1)— by striking required to be ; by striking subject to registration and inserting registered ; and by striking liable for registration and training and inserting registered and liable for training ; in paragraph (2), by striking required to be each place it appears; in section 10(b)(3) ( 50 U.S.C. 3809(b)(3) ) by striking registration, ; in section 12 ( 50 U.S.C. 3811 )— in subsection (d)— by striking , neglecting, or refusing to perform the duty of registering imposed by and inserting registration under ; and by striking , or within five years next after the last day before such person does perform his duty to register, whichever shall first occur ; in subsection (e)— by striking the Secretary of Health and Human Services and inserting Federal agencies ; by striking by a proclamation of the President and inserting to be registered ; by striking to present themselves for and submit to registration under such section ; and by striking by the Secretary ; and by striking subsection
(g)( 50 U.S.C. 3811(g) ); and in section 15(a) ( 50 U.S.C. 3813(a) ), by striking upon publication by the President of a proclamation or other public notice fixing a time for any registration under section 3 . The amendments made by this section shall take effect one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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