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Although the U.S. military is currently an all-volunteer force, registration is still required for contingency planning and preparation for two types of draft: a general draft based on registration lists of males aged 18–25, and a special-skills draft based on professional licensing lists of workers in specified health care occupations. In the event of either type of draft, the Selective Service System would send out induction notices, adjudicate claims for deferments or exemptions, and assign draftees classified as conscientious objectors to alternative service work.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is the Selective Service System?stem |url=https://hasbrouck.org/draft/selective-service.html |website=Resisters.info |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>

All male (as legally defined by [[Executive Order 14168]]) U.S. citizens and immigrant non-citizens who are between the ages of 18 and 25 are required by law to have registered within 30 days of their 18th birthdays,<ref name="must">[https://www.sss.gov/Registration-Info/Who-Registration Who must register?], [http://www.sss.gov/when.htm When to enlist] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429110422/http://www.sss.gov/when.htm |date=29 April 2015 }}, Selective Service System.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sss.gov/Status.html |title = Selective Service System > Home |website = www.sss.gov |access-date = 9 February 2012 |archive-date = 1 June 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150601050401/https://www.sss.gov/Status.html |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | publisher=Selected Service System | title=Who Needs to Register | url=https://www.sss.gov/register/who-needs-to-register/}}</ref> and must notify the Selective Service within ten days of any changes to any of the information they provided on their registration cards, such as a change of address.<ref name="ack">{{cite web |url = https://www.sss.gov/Home/Address-Change |title = Change of Information |publisher = Selective Service System |access-date = 13 October 2015 }}</ref> The Selective Service System is a contingency mechanism for the possibility that conscription becomes necessary.

Registration with Selective Service may be required for various federal programs and benefits, including job training, federal employment, and [[naturalization]].<ref name="cannot">[http://www.sss.gov/FSbenefits.htm Benefits and Programs Linked to Registration] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727071105/http://www.sss.gov/FSbenefits.htm |date=27 July 2008 }}, from the Selective Service System website</ref>