[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2695-S2696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 568. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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:

       At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 538. 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 is repealed.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.--
       (1) 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).
       (2) A State, political subdivision of a State, or political 
     authority of two or more States may not enact or enforce a 
     law, regulation,

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     or other provision having the force and effect of law to 
     penalize or deny any privilege or benefit to a person who 
     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). In this section, ``State'' means a State, the District 
     of Columbia, and a territory or possession of the United 
     States.
       (3) Failing to present oneself 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), shall not be reason for any entity of the 
     United States Government to determine that a person lacks 
     good moral character or is unsuited for any privilege or 
     benefit.
       (d) Conscientious Objectors.--Nothing contained in this 
     section shall be construed to undermine or diminish the 
     rights of conscientious objectors under laws and regulations 
     of the United States.
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