[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8463-S8464]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4793. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Daines) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and 
intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In section 511, beginning in subsection (d)(4), strike the 
     period at the end of subparagraph (B)(ii) and all that 
     follows through subsection (g) and insert the following: ``; 
     and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(p) No person may be inducted for training and service 
     under this title if such person--
       ``(1) has a dependent child and the other parent of the 
     dependent child has been inducted for training or service 
     under this title unless the person volunteers for such 
     induction; or
       ``(2) has a dependent child who has no other living 
     parent.''.
       (5) Section 10(b)(3) (50 U.S.C. 3809(b)(3)) is amended by 
     striking ``the President is requested'' and all that follows 
     through ``race or national origin'' and inserting ``the 
     President is requested to appoint the membership of each 
     local board so that each board has both male and female 
     members and, to the maximum extent practicable, it is 
     proportionately representative of those registrants within 
     its jurisdiction in each applicable basis set forth in 
     section 703(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
     2002e-2(a)), but no action by any board shall be declared 
     invalid on the ground that such board failed to conform to 
     such representation quota''.
       (6) Section 16(a) (50 U.S.C. 3814(a)) is amended by 
     striking ``men'' and inserting ``persons''.
       (e) Maintaining the Health of the Selective Service 
     System.--Section 10(a) (50 U.S.C. 3809(a)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(5) The Selective Service System shall conduct exercises 
     periodically of all mobilization plans, systems, and 
     processes to evaluate and test the effectiveness of such 
     plans, systems, and processes. Once every 4 years, the 
     exercise shall include the full range of internal and 
     interagency procedures to ensure functionality and 
     interoperability and may take place as part of the Department 
     of Defense mobilization exercise under section 10208 of title 
     10, United States Code. The Selective Service System shall 
     conduct a public awareness campaign in conjunction

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     with each exercise to communicate the purpose of the exercise 
     to the public.''.
       (f) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The Military 
     Selective Service Act is amended--
       (1) in section 4 (50 U.S.C. 3803)--
       (A) in subsection (a) in the third undesignated paragraph--
       (i) by striking ``his acceptability in all respects, 
     including his'' and inserting ``such person's acceptability 
     in all respects, including such person's''; and
       (ii) by striking ``he may prescribe'' and inserting ``the 
     President may prescribe'';
       (B) in subsection (c)--
       (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ``any enlisted member'' 
     and inserting ``any person who is an enlisted member''; and
       (ii) in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), by striking ``in 
     which he resides'' and inserting ``in which such person 
     resides'';
       (C) in subsection (g), by striking ``coordinate with him'' 
     and inserting ``coordinate with the Director''; and
       (D) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ``finding by him'' 
     and inserting ``finding by the President'';
       (2) in section 5(d) (50 U.S.C. 3805(d)), by striking ``he 
     may prescribe'' and inserting ``the President may 
     prescribe'';
       (3) in section 6 (50 U.S.C. 3806)--
       (A) in subsection (c)(2)(D), by striking ``he may 
     prescribe'' and inserting ``the President may prescribe'';
       (B) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ``he may deem 
     appropriate'' and inserting ``the President considers 
     appropriate''; and
       (C) in subsection (h), by striking ``he may prescribe'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``the President may 
     prescribe'';
       (4) in section 10 (50 U.S.C. 3809)--
       (A) in subsection (b)--
       (i) in paragraph (3)--

       (I) by striking ``He shall create'' and inserting ``The 
     President shall create''; and
       (II) by striking ``upon his own motion'' and inserting 
     ``upon the President's own motion'';

       (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ``his status'' and 
     inserting ``such individual's status''; and
       (iii) in paragraphs (4), (6), (8), and (9), by striking 
     ``he may deem'' each place it appears and inserting ``the 
     President considers''; and
       (B) in subsection (c), by striking ``vested in him'' and 
     inserting ``vested in the President'';
       (5) in section 13(b) (50 U.S.C. 3812(b)), by striking 
     ``regulation if he'' and inserting ``regulation if the 
     President'';
       (6) in section 15 (50 U.S.C. 3813)--
       (A) in subsection (b), by striking ``his'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``the registrant's''; and
       (B) in subsection (d), by striking ``he may deem'' and 
     inserting ``the President considers'';
       (7) in section 16(g) (50 U.S.C. 3814(g))--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``who as his regular and 
     customary vocation'' and inserting ``who, as such person's 
     regular and customary vocation,''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by striking ``one who as his customary vocation'' and 
     inserting ``a person who, as such person's customary 
     vocation,''; and
       (ii) by striking ``he is a member'' and inserting ``such 
     person is a member'';
       (8) in section 18(a) (50 U.S.C. 3816(a)), by striking ``he 
     is authorized'' and inserting ``the President is 
     authorized'';
       (9) in section 21 (50 U.S.C. 3819)--
       (A) by striking ``he is sooner'' and inserting ``sooner'';
       (B) by striking ``he'' each subsequent place it appears and 
     inserting ``such member''; and
       (C) by striking ``his consent'' and inserting ``such 
     member's consent'';
       (10) in section 22(b) (50 U.S.C. 3820(b)), in paragraphs 
     (1) and (2), by striking ``his'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``the registrant's''; and
       (11) except as otherwise provided in this section--
       (A) by striking ``he'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``such person'';
       (B) by striking ``his'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``such person's'';
       (C) by striking ``him'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``such person''; and
       (D) by striking ``present himself'' each place it appears 
     in section 12 (50 U.S.C. 3811) and inserting ``appear''.
       (g) Enactment of Authorization Required for Draft.--
       (1) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (A) Clause 12 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution 
     of the United States empowers Congress with the 
     responsibility to ``raise and support Armies''.
       (B) The United States first required military conscription 
     in the American Civil War under the Civil War Military Draft 
     Act of 1863.
       (C) The Selective Services Act of 1917 authorized the 
     President to draft additional forces beyond the volunteer 
     force to support exceedingly high demand for additional 
     forces when the U.S. entered the first World War.
       (D) The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was the 
     first authorization by Congress for conscription in peacetime 
     but limited the President's induction authority to ``no 
     greater number of men than the Congress shall hereafter make 
     specific appropriation for from time to time''.
       (E) Congress allowed induction authority to lapse in 1947.
       (F) Congress reinstated the President's induction authority 
     under the Selective Service Act of 1948 to raise troops for 
     United States participation in the Korean War.
       (G) Congress maintained the President's induction authority 
     under the Selective Service Act of 1948 through the beginning 
     of the Vietnam War.
       (H) Congress passed additional reforms to the draft under 
     the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 in response to 
     issues arising from United States engagement in the Vietnam 
     War.
       (I) Congress prohibited any further use of the draft after 
     July 1, 1973.
       (J) If a president seeks to reactivate the use of the 
     draft, Congress would have to enact a law providing 
     authorization for this purpose
       (2) Amendment.--Section 17 of the Military Selective 
     Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3815) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(d) No person shall be inducted for training and service 
     in the Armed Forces unless Congress first passes and there is 
     enacted a law expressly authorizing such induction into 
     service.''.
       (h) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     except that the amendments made by subsections (d) and (g) 
     shall take effect 1 year after such date of enactment.
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