[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1709 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1709

To amend the Military Selective Service Act to suspend the registration 
   requirement and the activities of civilian local boards, civilian 
  appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective Service 
System, except during national emergencies, and to require the Director 
of Selective Service to prepare a report regarding the development of a 
   viable standby registration program for use only during national 
                              emergencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 1995

 Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Rohrabacher, 
    and Mr. Sensenbrenner) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Military Selective Service Act to suspend the registration 
   requirement and the activities of civilian local boards, civilian 
  appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective Service 
System, except during national emergencies, and to require the Director 
of Selective Service to prepare a report regarding the development of a 
   viable standby registration program for use only during national 
                              emergencies.
    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 
1995''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT EXCEPT DURING NATIONAL 
              EMERGENCIES.

    (a) Suspension 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 1995, no person shall be required to present himself for 
and submit to registration under subsection (a) unless a declaration of 
national emergency is in effect, as declared by the President after 
that date. The President shall provide for the prompt termination of 
any declaration of national emergency issued for purposes of this 
subsection upon the termination of the national emergency.''.
    (b) Suspension of Sanctions for Persons Previously Subject to 
Registration.--Section 12 of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 462) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) In addition to the exception provided by subsection (g), a 
person may not be denied a right, privilege, benefit, or employment 
position under Federal law on the grounds that the person failed to 
present himself for and submit to registration under section 3 before 
the effective date of the Selective Service Standby Act of 1995.''.

SEC. 3. SUSPENSION 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) Except during a national emergency declared by the President, 
on and after the effective date of the Selective Service Standby Act of 
1995--
            ``(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 under section 10(b)(3) may 
        not meet.''.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON STANDBY REGISTRATION PROGRAM FOR USE DURING NATIONAL 
              EMERGENCIES.

    Not later than 150 days after the effective date of this Act, the 
Director of the Selective Service shall submit to Congress a report 
detailing a standby emergency manpower mobilization program to be used 
by the Selective Service System only during national emergencies for 
the registration of persons who would be subject to registration under 
section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453). 
Such report shall include an estimation of the cost to implement and 
operate the program and an evaluation of the feasibility of using 
existing and emerging information systems available to the Federal 
Government to improve the effectiveness of any registration 
requirements.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

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