[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5484]
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  SA 5985. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 521, strike subsection (d) through (g) and 
     insert the following:
       (d) 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 with each 
     exercise to communicate the purpose of the exercise to the 
     public.''.
       (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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