Republican senators are demanding that negotiators remove a provision in the annual defense bill that requires women to register for the Selective Service System.
The House of Representatives passed an amendment for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 that automatically registers U.S. males for a potential draft.
Republican Rep. Tim Burchett from Tennessee has introduced a proposal that would require transgender men to register with Selective Service in case the nation ever has another military draft.
Republicans are gearing up for a bitter showdown over a proposal to include women in the military draft as House and Senate committees hammer out the annual defense policy bill.
The Senate Armed Services Committee, on a strong, bipartisan 23-3 vote, has sent to the full Senate its version of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the annual bill that sets policy for the Department of Defense.
