evidence: The Republican-led House passed a measure that would automatically register male U.S. citizens between the ages of 18 and 26 to the Selective Service System. The provision for automatic registration was part of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the spending and military priorities for the fiscal year. To become law, the automatic registration measure would need to pass several legislative hurdles, including making it into a final version of the broader defense authorization act bill negotiated by the GOP-controlled House and Democratic-controlled Senate.