Proposed Rule2025-13204

Bar to Appointment of Persons Who Fail To Register Under Selective Service Law

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Published
July 15, 2025

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Personnel Management Office

Abstract

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) withdraws a proposed rule published on February 7, 2024. The notice of proposed rulemaking proposed to revise the procedures for determining whether an individual's failure to register with the Selective Service System (SSS) was knowing and willful.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 15, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 31594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13204]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

5 CFR Part 300

[Docket ID: OPM-2023-0014]
RIN 3206-AO37


Bar to Appointment of Persons Who Fail To Register Under 
Selective Service Law

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Withdrawal of proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) withdraws a proposed 
rule published on February 7, 2024. The notice of proposed rulemaking 
proposed to revise the procedures for determining whether an 
individual's failure to register with the Selective Service System 
(SSS) was knowing and willful.

DATES: OPM withdraws the proposed rule published on February 7, 2024, 
at 89 FR 8352, as of July 15, 2025.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this withdrawn rule is available at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/docket/OPM-2023-0014">https://www.regulations.gov/docket/OPM-2023-0014</a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Mahoney by email at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#14717964787b6d547b64793a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b0e061b0704122b041b06450c041d">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or by telephone at 202-936-3265.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 7, 2024, the Office of Personnel 
Management (OPM) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM or 
proposed rule) titled ``Bar to Appointment of Persons Who Fail to 
Register Under Selective Service Law'' in the Federal Register. See 89 
FR 8352. The NPRM proposed to change the procedures for determining 
whether an individual's failure to register with the SSS was knowing 
and willful. Specifically, OPM proposed to clarify the applicable 
standard used to determine what constitutes ``knowing and willful,'' to 
establish new procedures for individuals to submit evidence in support 
of their non-registration, and to allow Executive agencies to make the 
initial determination as to whether an individual's failure to register 
with the SSS was knowing and willful.
    In response to the NPRM, OPM received approximately 13 comments 
during the 60-day comment period which ended on April 8, 2024.
    All agencies participate in the semi-annual Unified Agenda of 
Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (``Unified Agenda''), which 
provides a summary description of the regulatory actions that each 
agency is considering or reviewing. Withdrawal of this proposed rule 
will allow OPM to better align its entries on the Unified Agenda with 
OPM's needs, priorities, and objectives.
    Accordingly, for each of these independently sufficient reasons, 
OPM is withdrawing the NPRM associated with Regulation Identifier 
Numbers (``RIN'') 3206-AO37. Should OPM decide at a future date to 
initiate the same or similar rulemakings, OPM will issue a new NPRM 
under a new RIN.

Office of Personnel Management.
Jerson Matias,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2025-13204 Filed 7-14-25; 8:45 am]
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