What is Selective Service System?
The '''Selective Service System''' is an independent agency of the [[United States government]]. It has information on those subject to the U.S. [[military]] draft. All male [[citizenship in the United States|U.S. citizens]] and male [[Immigration|immigrant]] non-citizens between ages 18 and 25 are required by law to register within 30 days of their 18th birthdays.<ref>{{cite web|title=Why Register|publisher=Selective Service System|url=https://www.sss.gov/Registration/Why-Register|access-date=January 30, 2019|archive-date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316113435/https://www.sss.gov/Registration/Why-Register|url-status=dead}}</ref> They must also contact the Selective Service within ten days of any changes of any information they gave, like a change of address.<ref>{{cite web|title=Change of Address|publisher=Selective Service System|url=https://www.sss.gov/Home/Address-Change|access-date=January 30, 2019|archive-date=January 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120024247/https://www.sss.gov/Home/Address-Change|url-status=dead}}</ref> Females, on the other hand, are not required to register.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women and the Draft|publisher=SSS|url=https://www.sss.gov/Registration/Women-And-Draft|access-date=January 30, 2019|archive-date=January 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108215823/https://www.sss.gov/Registration/Women-And-Draft|url-status=dead}}</ref> Registration with Selective Service is also required for several federal programs and benefits, including job training, federal [[Job|employment]], [[naturalization]], [[:en:Pell_Grant|Pell grants]] and [[student loan]]s. On July 2, 1980, then-[[President of the United States|President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] signed Proclamation 4771 (Registration under the Military Selective Service Act).<ref>{{cite web|title=Proclamations|publisher=Federal Register|url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/proclamations/04771.html|access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref> That was in response to th