Sec. 3. [registration]

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## Sec. 3 **[**registration**]** ###

(a)**[**[50 U.S.C. 3802](/us/usc/t50/s3802)**]** Except as otherwise provided in this title, it shall be the duty of every male citizen of the United States, and every other male person residing in the United States, who, on the day or days fixed for the first or any subsequent registration, is between the ages of eighteen and twenty six, to present himself for and submit to registration at such time or times and place or places, and in such manner, as shall be determined by proclamation of the President and by rules and regulations prescribed hereunder. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any alien lawfully admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (66 Stat. 163; 8 U.S.C. 1101), for so long as he continues to maintain a lawful nonimmigrant status in the United States.2 2The text of Presidential Proclamation 4771 providing for registration under this section, dated July 2, 1980, follows this Act. ###

(b)Regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection

(a)may require that persons presenting themselves for and submitting to registration under this section provide, as part of such registration, such identifying information (including date of birth, address, and social security account number) as such regulations may prescribe. **[**Note: Effective on December 18, 2026, section 535(a) of division A of Public Law 119–60 amends section 3 to read as follows:**]**

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