There hasn’t been a draft in the U.S. since the Vietnam War, and it would take an act of Congress to enact one.

With conflict in the Middle East, some people might have questions about registering for Selective Service. So what exactly ...

Learn the latest 2026 U.S. military draft disqualifications and exemptions, including medical fitness standards, ...

Is the draft coming back? Who is required to register for the Selective Service? Here's how a US military draft would work ...

Every year, Congress must pass the federal defense policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act. The annual bill proposes policy for the Department of Defense and guides the military ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new plan from House lawmakers would automatically register men for a potential military draft when they hit age 18, avoiding ...

As automatic systems expand in New Jersey, concerns grow over whether safeguards and obligations are applied consistently.

Selective Service is crucially not the draft — the draft was abolished in the 1970s following opposition to the Vietnam war.

A Supreme Court case challenging the requirement for men, but not women, to register with the Selective Service System for a possible military draft is forcing Congress to make a choice it has been ...

Throughout communities nationwide, young men are unintentionally discounting one of our nation’s most important civic duties, registration with the Selective Service. Just like voting is a civic duty, ...

Congress appropriates funds for the SSS through the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act./158 For FY2021, Congress appropriated $26 million, a decrease from the FY2020 ...

The Military Selective Service Act (MSSA), first enacted as the Selective Service Act of 1948, provides the statutory authority for the federal government to maintain a Selective Service System (SSS) ...