{"id":80590,"date":"2026-05-15T21:34:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T21:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/15\/senators-introduce-bill-to-abolish-military-draft-agency\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:15:06","slug":"senators-introduce-bill-to-abolish-military-draft-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/05\/15\/senators-introduce-bill-to-abolish-military-draft-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators introduce bill to abolish military draft agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled legislation on Thursday that would dismantle the government agency responsible for maintaining the military draft database of young, eligible men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill \u2014 advanced by Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo. \u2014 would phase out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/wyden-paul-lummis-reintroduce-bipartisan-bill-to-abolish-the-selective-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/wyden-paul-lummis-reintroduce-bipartisan-bill-to-abolish-the-selective-service\">Selective Service System,<\/a> citing its annual operating cost of more than $31 million per year. The senators argued that the agency has been largely defunct since 1973, the last time the United States conducted conscription. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Selective Service is an outdated program that costs millions of taxpayer dollars to prepare for a military draft that Americans don\u2019t want or need,\u201d Wyden said in a statement. \u201cOur volunteer military forces are the strongest in the world, and there is no need to replicate the same draft that sent two million unwilling young men to war 50 years ago.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul, in a separate statement, added: \u201cI\u2019ve long stated that if a war is worth fighting, Congress will vote to declare it and people will volunteer. This outdated government program no longer serves a purpose and should be eliminated permanently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sss.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Annual-Report-2024-6-4-25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sss.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Annual-Report-2024-6-4-25.pdf\">2024 annual report,<\/a> the SSS acknowledged a recent decline in registration rates, but noted that an automated registration provision could help bolster future enrollment levels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress later incorporated the rule change into the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act. The shift from a system of self-registration to automation is set to take effect in December, with noncompliance constituting a felony offense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis statutory change transfers responsibility for registration from individual men to SSS through integration with federal data sources,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sss.gov\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sss.gov\/about\/\">according to its website.<\/a> \u201cSSS will implement the change by December 2026, resulting in a streamlined registration process and corresponding workforce realignment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=4aXj8nncWFG6mdJK&amp;v=4LxhsTC_RaA&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=4aXj8nncWFG6mdJK&amp;v=4LxhsTC_RaA&amp;feature=youtu.be\">drew scrutiny<\/a> earlier this year when 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