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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1696

To amend the Military Selective Service Act to terminate the registration

requirement and to terminate the activities of civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective Service

System.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 19 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993

Mr. HATFIELD (for himself, Mr. BRADLEY, Mr. KERRY, and Mr. FEINGOLD)

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the

Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To amend the Military Selective Service Act to terminate

the registration requirement and to terminate the activities of civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards, and

similar local agencies of the Selective Service System.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Selective Service

5 Standby Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REGISTRATION.

2 (a) TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION REQUIRE3 MENT.—Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50

4 U.S.C. App. 453) is amended by adding at the end the

5 following new subsection:

6 ‘‘(c) On and after the effective date of the Selective

7 Service Standby Act of 1993, no person shall be required

8 to present himself for and submit to registration under

9 this section.’’.

10 (b) SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS.—Subsection (g) of

11 section 12 of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 462) is amended

12 to read as follows:

13 ‘‘(g) A person may not be denied a right, privilege,

14 benefit, or employment position under Federal law by rea15 son of the failure of such person to present himself for

16 and submit to registration under section 3 if the require17 ment for the person to so register has terminated or be18 come inapplicable to the person.’’.

19 (c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this

20 section shall apply with respect to—

21 (1) persons who, except for the amendment

22 made by subsection (a), would otherwise be required

23 to present themselves for and submit to registration

24 under section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act

25 on or after the effective date of this Act; and
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1 (2) persons who, before such effective date,

2 were required to present themselves and submit to

3 registration under such section and did not do so.

4 SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF ACTIVITIES OF SELECTIVE SERV5 ICE SYSTEM BOARDS.

6 Section 17 of the Military Selective Service Act (50

7 U.S.C. App. 467) is amended by adding at the end the

8 following new subsection:

9 ‘‘(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,

10 on and after the effective date of the Selective Service

11 Standby Act of 1993—

12 ‘‘(1) the President may not appoint a person as

13 a member of a civilian local board, civilian appeal

14 board, or similar local agency of the Selective Serv15 ice System; and

16 ‘‘(2) any such board established as of such ef17 fective date may not meet.’’.

18 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

19 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall

20 take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this

21 Act.

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