[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1495 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1495

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2005

  Mr. Owens introduced the following bill; which was 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 the activities of civilian local boards, 
  civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective 
                Service System, and for other purposes.

    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 Registration 
Termination Act''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT REGISTRATION 
              REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Registration Termination.--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) Termination of Registration Requirement.--Notwithstanding any 
other provisions of this title, on and after the date of the enactment 
of the Selective Service Registration Termination Act (except in the 
event of a declaration of war by the Congress), no person shall be 
registered for possible induction for training and service in the Armed 
Forces, including persons who were subject to such registration 
requirements before that date but who had not complied with such 
registration requirements by that date.''.
    (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 date of the enactment of the Selective Service Registration 
Termination Act.''.
    (c) Suspension of Local Boards, Appeal Boards, and Other Selective 
Service System Agencies.--Section 10 of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 460) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) During any period in which the registration requirements of 
section 3 are terminated, 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 any such board 
established under subsection (b)(3) may not meet.''.
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