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Applicants for Federal financial aid for higher education will no longer be required to have registered with the Selective Service System for a possible military draft or answer questions about their Selective Service registration status or compliance.
Among the provisions included in the 2000+ page coronavirus pandemic relief and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which was signed into law by President Trump on Sunday, is a section (Title VII, Section 701 et seq.) which effectively repeals the 1982 Solomon Amendment that has required men to have registered for the draft in order to be eligible for Federal student grants or loans. The new law also requires the Department of Education to remove the questions about Selective Service registration from the FAFSA student aid application form.