[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3149 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3149

  To increase compliance with the registration requirement under the 
Military Selective Service Act by providing a temporary amnesty period 
   during which persons who were required to present themselves for 
registration under such Act, but failed to do so in accordance with the 
 time periods specified in Presidential Proclamation Number 4771, may 
      present themselves for registration without fear of penalty.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 17, 2001

 Mr. Knollenberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To increase compliance with the registration requirement under the 
Military Selective Service Act by providing a temporary amnesty period 
   during which persons who were required to present themselves for 
registration under such Act, but failed to do so in accordance with the 
 time periods specified in Presidential Proclamation Number 4771, may 
      present themselves for registration without fear of penalty.

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

SECTION 1. SPECIAL TEMPORARY REGISTRATION PERIOD UNDER MILITARY 
              SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.

    (a) Additional Registration Opportunity.--During the 60-day period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, any person between 
the ages of 18 and 26 who, before that date, was required to present 
himself for registration under section 3 of the Military Selective 
Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453), but failed to do so in accordance 
with the time periods specified in Presidential Proclamation Number 
4771 (94 Stat. 3775; 50 U.S.C. App. 453 note), may present himself for 
registration under such section in accordance with the registration 
procedures prescribed by the Director of Selective Service.
    (b) Amnesty.--The penalties specified in section 12 of the Military 
Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 462) or any other provision of 
law for failure to timely submit to registration under section 3 of 
such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 453) shall not apply to any person described 
in subsection (a) who utilizes the special registration period provided 
by such subsection to comply with the registration requirement of such 
section 3.
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