<P> The Selective Service System is an independent federal agency within the Executive Branch of the federal government of the United States . The Director of the Selective Service System reports directly to the President of the United States . </P> <P> During peacetime, the agency comprises a National Headquarters, three Regional Headquarters and a Data Management Center . Even during peacetime, the agency is also aided by 11,000 volunteers serving on local boards and district appeal boards . During a mobilization (draft), the agency would greatly expand by activating an additional 56 State Headquarters, 400 + Area Offices as well as 40 + Alternative Service Offices . </P> <P> The agency's budget for the 2015--2016 fiscal year was about $23 million . In early 2016, the agency said that if women were required to register, its budget would need to be increased by about $9 million in the first year, and slightly less in subsequent years . This does not include any budget or expenses for enforcing or attempting to enforce the Military Selective Service Act . Costs of investigating, prosecuting, and imprisoning violators would be included in the budget of the Department of Justice . </P> <P> The description below is for a general draft under the current Selective Service regulations . Any or all of these procedures could be changed by Congress as part of the same legislation that would authorize inductions, or through separate legislation, so there is no guarantee that this is how any draft would actually work . Different procedures would be followed for a special - skills draft, such as activation of the Health Care Personnel Delivery System (HCPDS). </P>

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