[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1696 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1696

     To amend the Military Selective Service Act to terminate the 
 registration requirement and to terminate the activities of civilian 
local boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the 
                       Selective Service System.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 19 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

 Mr. Hatfield (for himself, Mr. Bradley, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Feingold) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Military Selective Service Act to terminate the 
 registration requirement and to terminate the activities of civilian 
local boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the 
                       Selective Service System.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Selective Service Standby Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REGISTRATION.

    (a) Termination of Registration Requirement.--Section 3 of the 
Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) On and after the effective date of the Selective Service 
Standby Act of 1993, no person shall be required to present himself for 
and submit to registration under this section.''.
    (b) Suspension of Sanctions.--Subsection (g) of section 12 of such 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 462) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) A person may not be denied a right, privilege, benefit, or 
employment position under Federal law by reason of the failure of such 
person to present himself for and submit to registration under section 
3 if the requirement for the person to so register has terminated or 
become inapplicable to the person.''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to--
            (1) persons who, except for the amendment made by 
        subsection (a), would otherwise be required to present 
        themselves for and submit to registration under section 3 of 
        the Military Selective Service Act on or after the effective 
        date of this Act; and
            (2) persons who, before such effective date, were required 
        to present themselves and submit to registration under such 
        section and did not do so.

SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF ACTIVITIES OF SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM BOARDS.

    Section 17 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
467) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, on and after 
the effective date of the Selective Service Standby Act of 1993--
            ``(1) the President may not appoint a person as a member of 
        a civilian local board, civilian appeal board, or similar local 
        agency of the Selective Service System; and
            ``(2) any such board established as of such effective date 
        may not meet.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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