[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4419]
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SA 2182. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1095. SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION NONCOMPLIANCE
REPORT.
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``selective
service registration requirement'' means the requirement to
register under section 3 of the Military Selective Service
Act (50 U.S.C. 3802).
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to
Congress, and make publicly available, a report on the
demographics of individuals reported by the Director of
Selective Service to have failed to comply with the selective
service registration requirements during the period beginning
on January 1, 2004, and ending on December 31, 2024.
(2) Contents.--The report submitted under paragraph (1)
shall provide--
(A) a statistical breakdown of the racial, ethnic, and
socio-economic demographics of individuals reported to have
failed to comply with the selective service registration
requirements;
(B) a summary of which populations are most likely to fail
to comply with the selective service registration
requirements; and
(C) explanations for potential limitations or biases of the
data available to the Attorney General regarding failure to
comply with the selective service registration requirements
that could affect the report or the representation of the
demographics of those who failed to comply.
(3) Protection of information.--The report submitted under
paragraph (1) shall not contain any personal identifying
information.
(c) Authority to Survey.--If the Attorney General does not
have sufficient authority to collect data or information to
complete the report required under subsection (b)(1), the
Attorney General may conduct a targeted survey jointly with
the Director of the Bureau of the Census, the Director of
Selective Service, or both of individuals reported to have
failed to comply with the selective service registration
requirements to gather sufficient demographic information to
complete the report.
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