[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4523 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4523

To repeal the Military Selective Service Act, and thereby terminate the 
  registration requirements of such Act and eliminate civilian local 
   boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the 
                       Selective Service System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2016

Mr. Coffman (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Polis, and Mr. Rohrabacher) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To repeal the Military Selective Service Act, and thereby terminate the 
  registration requirements of such Act and eliminate 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. REPEAL OF MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.

    (a) Repeal.--The Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et 
seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Transfers in Connection With Repeal.--Notwithstanding the 
proviso in section 10(a)(4) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 
U.S.C. 3809(a)(4)), the Office of Selective Service Records shall not 
be reestablished upon the repeal of the Act. Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the assets, contracts, 
property, and records held by the Selective Service System, and the 
unexpended balances of any appropriations available to the Selective 
Service System, shall be transferred to the Administrator of General 
Services upon the repeal of the Act. The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management shall assist officers and employees of the 
Selective Service System to transfer to other positions in the 
executive branch.
    (c) Effect on Existing Sanctions.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, 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 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3802), 
before the repeal of that Act by subsection (a).
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