Section 1 Authorization of women to register for the draft
The Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.) is amended as follows:
Section 3 (50 U.S.C. 3802) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(c) A female citizen of the United States, or other female person residing in the United States, who is between the ages described in subsection (a), may elect to present herself and submit to registration pursuant to such subsection.”
Section 4(a) (50 U.S.C. 3803(a)) is amended—
in the first undesignated paragraph—
by inserting “(or who elects to register)” after “every person required to register”; and
by inserting “(or having elected to register)” after “having been required to register”; and
in the second undesignated paragraph, by striking “who is required to register” and inserting “who registers”.