Selective Service System
The Selective Service System, in the United States, is a system to register all males over the age of 18 for the purpose of having information available about potential soldiers in case of war.
Though the United States abandoned conscription in 1973, the Selective Service Systerm remains as a contingency should the measure be reintroduced.
In 2004, $28 million was added to the SSS budget in anticipation for another possible military draft. On March 31, 2005, the SSS must report to the President that the system, which has lain dormant for decades, is ready for activation.
See also: Selective Service
