Excerpts from Selective
Service System
"LAWS LINKING SSS REGISTRATION TO STATE
DRIVER’S LICENSE APPLICATIONS BACKGROUND
Federal law (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.) requires virtually
all male U.S. citizens, as well as immigrant men residing
in the U.S., to register with the Selective Service System (SSS) when
reaching age 18.
In an effort to ensure compliance
among young men, many states have enacted legislation which links SSS
registration with the process of applying for a driver’s
license or state identification card. As a result of such legislation,
in May 2002, the state of Delaware, which enacted driver’s license
legislation in 2000, became the first state to reach nearly 100 percent
registration compliance since the Agency began compiling this data.
In that same year, seven other states increased their compliance rates
by 3 percent or more after enacting similar driver’s license legislation."
"Transmission of applicant data to the SSS is
accomplished electronically through an existing arrangement
each state has with the data sharing system of the
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVAnet) at no
extra cost to the state."
"Status of State Driver’s License
Legislation
As of May 22, 2009, 37 states,
3 territories, and the District of Columbia have enacted driver’s
license laws supporting SSS registration. They are: (1)
Enacted and Implemented
- Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas,
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho,
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico,
New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin,
Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia;
(2) Enacted But Not Yet Implemented
– Indiana, Maryland,
Michigan, and Nevada.
See Selective Service documents 1
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