Sec. 513 — Selective Service System: omission of deceased persons from registration

Statutory text

(a) In general. Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3802), as amended by section 535 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60), is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(c) In carrying out subsection (a), the Director shall not register a person whose name appears in the Death Master File (as such term is defined in section 203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (Public Law 113—167; 42 U.S.C. 1306c))..

(b) Effective date. The amendment made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.