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Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Part III · Chapter 33 — Examination, Selection, and Placement

§ 3328. Selective Service registration

Statutory text

(a)

An individual—

(1)

who was born after , and is or was required to register under section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3802) and

(2)

who is not so registered or knowingly and willfully did not so register before the requirement terminated or became inapplicable to the individual,

shall be ineligible for appointment to a position in an Executive agency.

(b)

Subsection (a) shall not apply to an individual—

(1)

who is a veteran;

(2)

who provides evidence of active duty service to the Executive agency in which the individual seeks an appointment; and

(3)

for whom the requirement to register under section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3802) has terminated or is now inapplicable due to age.

(c)

The Office of Personnel Management, in consultation with the Director of the Selective Service System, shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. Such regulations shall include provisions prescribing procedures for the adjudication of determinations of whether a failure to register was knowing and willful. Such procedures shall require that such a determination may not be made if the individual concerned shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure to register was neither knowing nor willful. Such procedures may provide that determinations of eligibility under the requirements of this section shall be adjudicated by the Executive agency making the appointment for which the eligibility is determined.

(d)

In this section, the terms “active duty” and “veteran” have the meaning given those terms in section 101 of title 38.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986

    Pub. L. 99–145 title XVI § 1622(a)(1) · 99 Stat. 583

    Enacted · 5 U.S.C. § 3328

    Added Pub. L. 99–145, title XVI, § 1622(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 777

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 99–145, title XVI, § 1622(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 777

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 3328. Selective Service registration “(a) An individual— “(1) who was born after December 31, 1959, and is or was required to register under section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453); and “(2) who is not so registered or knowingly and willfully did not so register before the requirement terminated or became inapplicable to the individual, shall be ineligible for appointment to a position in an Executive agency. “(b) The Office of Personnel Management, in consultation with the Director of the Selective Service System, shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. Such regulations shall include provisions prescribing procedures for the adjudication within the Office of determinations of whether a failure to register was knowing and willful. Such procedures shall require that such a determination may not be made if the individual concerned shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure to register was neither knowing nor willful.”.

  2. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989

    Pub. L. 100–180 div. A title XII § 1249 · 101 Stat. 1019

    Struck and inserted · 5 U.S.C. § 3328(b)

    Pub. L. 100–180 struck out “within the Office” after “for the adjudication” in second sentence and inserted at end “Such procedures may provide that determinations of eligibility under the requirements of this section shall be adjudicated by the Executive agency making the appointment for which the eligibility is determined.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–180 struck out “within the Office” after “for the adjudication” in second sentence and inserted at end “Such procedures may provide that determinations of eligibility under the requirements of this section shall be adjudicated by the Executive agency making the appointment for which the eligibility is determined.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1249. ADJUDICATION OF INELIGIBILITY FOR A JOB WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE BASIS OF FAILURE TO REGISTER UNDER THE MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT Section 3328(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out “within the Office” in the second sentence; (2) by inserting after the third sentence the following: “Such procedures may provide that determinations of eligibility under the requirements of this section shall be adjudicated by the Executive agency making the appointment for which the eligibility is determined.”.

  3. Pub. L. 118–159 § 1108(1) · 138 Stat. 2089

    Substituted · 5 U.S.C. § 3328(a)(1)

    Pub. L. 118–159, § 1108(1), substituted “(50 U.S.C. 3802)” for “(50 U.S.C. App. 453)”

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–159 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1108(1), substituted “(50 U.S.C. 3802)” for “(50 U.S.C. App. 453)”.

  4. Pub. L. 118–159 § 1108(2) · 138 Stat. 2089

    1. Added · 5 U.S.C. § 3328(b); 5 U.S.C. § 3328(c)

      Pub. L. 118–159, § 1108(2), (3), added subsec. (b)

    2. Redesignated · 5 U.S.C. § 3328(b); 5 U.S.C. § 3328(c)

      Pub. L. 118–159, § 1108(2), (3), redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c)

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–159 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1108(2), (3), added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).

  5. Pub. L. 118–159 § 1108(4) · 138 Stat. 2089

    Added · 5 U.S.C. § 3328(d)

    Pub. L. 118–159, § 1108(4), added subsec. (d)

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–159 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1108(4), added subsec. (d).

2 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 4 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Amendments1987–2024 · 2 rounds

2024

Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1108(1), substituted “(50 U.S.C. 3802)” for “(50 U.S.C. App. 453)”.

Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1108(2), (3), added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 118–159, § 1108(4), added subsec. (d).

1987

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–180 struck out “within the Office” after “for the adjudication” in second sentence and inserted at end “Such procedures may provide that determinations of eligibility under the requirements of this section shall be adjudicated by the Executive agency making the appointment for which the eligibility is determined.”

Credits

1985–2024 · 3 acts
  1. 1985Added Pub. L. 99–145, title XVI, § 1622(a)(1), , 99 Stat. 777
  2. 1987amended Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XII, § 1249, , 101 Stat. 1167
  3. 2024Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XI, § 1108, , 138 Stat. 2089.
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(Added Pub. L. 99–145, title XVI, § 1622(a)(1), , 99 Stat. 777; amended Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XII, § 1249, , 101 Stat. 1167; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XI, § 1108, , 138 Stat. 2089.)

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