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The future of the Selective Service System is currently being debated in negotiations over this year’s annual military policy bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). 

FCNL led fifteen partner organizations in a letter urging Congress reject provisions in the House and Senate FY25 National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA) which would automate Selective Service registration and expand registration to women.

The letter argues that automatic registration would not fix any of the Selective Service’s many existing problems, but instead cause new ones.

The Senate version of this year’s annual military policy bill (the National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA, S.4638) includes a harmful provision aimed at expanding the draft, also known as the military Selective Service System. 

Senators on the Armed Services Committee recently approved a revision to military draft laws that would require women to register for the Selective Service System (SSS).

Peace is more than a buzzword. For Quakers and advocates across the world, it is a calling, a way of life that affirms our faith, our morals, and our collective humanity. And throughout U.S. history, few things have challenged that commitment to living in peace more than the military draft.

On April 25, 2019, the National Commission on Military, National and Public Service hosted a public hearing on policy options related to selected service, also known as the military draft.

On April 25, 2019, the National Commission on Military, National and Public Service hosted a public hearing on policy options related to selected service.