[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 747 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 747

To amend the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration 
 of women with the Selective Service System in light of the Department 
 of Defense elimination of the rule excluding women from direct ground 
                combat assignments in the Armed Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2013

 Mr. Rangel (for himself and Mr. Moran) 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 require the registration 
 of women with the Selective Service System in light of the Department 
 of Defense elimination of the rule excluding women from direct ground 
                combat assignments in the Armed Forces.

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

SECTION 1. NONDISCRIMINATION IN APPLICATION OF MILITARY SELECTIVE 
              SERVICE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT FOR CITIZENS AND CERTAIN 
              RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Applicability to All Citizens and Residents Within Specified 
Age Range.--Section 3(a) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 
U.S.C. App. 453(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``male'' both places it appears; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``or herself'' after ``himself''; 
                and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``he continues'' 
        and inserting ``the alien continues''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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