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(1) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration; 
(2) the Department of Energy; 
(3) the National Science Foundation; 
(4) the Department of Commerce; 
(5) the Department of the Interior; 
(6) the Environmental Protection Agency; and 
(7) not more than 2 additional agencies, which 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
may designate, that have significant numbers of em-
ployees in positions that require skills in science, 
technology, engineering, or mathematics. 
(c) PARTICIPATION.—The head of each agency re-
ferred to in subsection (b) may determine whether the 
agency will participate in the personnel demonstration 
project under this section, and, if the agency head deter-
mines that the agency will so participate, whether the 
project will apply to current employees of that agency, cur-
rent employees of 1 or more components of that agency, 
newly hired employees of that agency, or newly hired em-
ployees of 1 or more components of that agency. 
(d) DURATION AND SIZE OF PROJECT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the demonstration project under this sec-
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tion shall be carried out for a 10-year period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) EXTENSION.—The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management may extend the demonstra-
tion project under this section for an additional 10- 
year period. 
(3) TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.—The total 
number of Federal employees included in the dem-
onstration project in any 1-year period may not ex-
ceed 10 percent of the total number of Federal civil-
ian employees in all Executive agencies (as defined 
in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) in the 
preceding 1-year period. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 375. DEVELOPMENT OF PROPOSAL FOR SIMPLIFIED 
PERSONNEL SYSTEM FOR VETERANS HEALTH 
ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall develop a legislative proposal to establish, under title 
38, United States Code, a single personnel system that— 
(1) applies to all positions in the Veterans 
Health Administration; 
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(2) applies best practices from the private sec-
tor to human capital management; and 
(3) supports pay and benefits that are competi-
tive with pay and benefits for health care delivery 
systems in the private sector. 
(b) MATTERS TO CONSIDER.—In developing the pro-
posal under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) draw from, in addition to other resources, 
the applicable research and conclusions of the Com-
mission on Care established under section 202 of the 
Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 
2014 (Public Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note), 
including recommendation number 15 of the Com-
mission as set forth in the final report of the Com-
mission submitted under subsection (b)(3)(B) of 
such section, dated June 30, 2016, and titled, 
‘‘Final Report of the Commission on Care’’; and 
(2) consult with the heads of other Federal 
agencies that operate health care delivery systems, 
employees of the Veterans Health Administration, 
and labor unions that represent employees of the 
Veterans Health Administration. 
(c) AVAILABILITY
OF PROPOSAL.—The Secretary 
shall make the proposal developed under subsection (a) 
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available for use by other Federal agencies that operate 
health care delivery systems. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report containing the proposal developed 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 376. PORTABILITY OF HEALTH CARE LICENSURE FOR 
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 
(a) PORTABILITY
OF LICENSURE
FOR FEDERAL 
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law regarding the licensure of health 
care providers, a health care professional described in sub-
section (b) may practice, at any location in any State, the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
or any other territory or possession of the United States, 
the health profession or professions for which the health 
care professional has a license described in subsection 
(b)(2), regardless of where such health care professional 
or the patient involved is located, if the practice is within 
the scope of the authorized Federal duties of such health 
care professional. 
(b) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—A health care profes-
sional described in this subsection is a Federal employee— 
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(1) who is credentialed and privileged at a Fed-
eral health care institution; 
(2) who has a current license to practice medi-
cine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, psychology, 
nursing, therapy, or another health profession; and 
(3) who is performing authorized duties for the 
Federal Government to practice the health profes-
sion described in paragraph (2) for which such li-
cense was issued. 
(c) DEFINITION OF LICENSE.—As used in this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘license’’ means a grant of permission by 
an official agency of a State, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory 
or possession of the United States to provide health care 
independently as a health care professional and includes, 
in the case of such care furnished in a foreign country 
by any person who is not a national of the United States, 
a grant of permission by an official agency of that foreign 
country for that person to provide health care independ-
ently as a health care professional. 
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TITLE IV—STRENGTHENING OF 
NATIONAL MOBILIZATION 
SEC. 401. MODERNIZATION OF THE SELECTIVE SERVICE 
SYSTEM. 
(a) REFERENCE.—Except as expressly provided oth-
erwise, any reference in this section to a section or other 
provision shall be deemed to be a reference to that section 
or other provision of the Military Selective Service Act (50 
U.S.C. 3801 et seq.). 
(b) PURPOSE OF SELECTIVE SERVICE.—Section 1(b) 
(50 U.S.C. 3801(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘armed strength’’ and inserting 
‘‘military strength’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘insure’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure’’; 
and 
(3) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘by ensuring adequate personnel with the 
requisite capabilities to meet the mobilization needs 
of the Department of Defense during a national 
emergency and not solely to provide combat replace-
ments’’. 
(c) SOLEMNITY OF MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 3 
(50 U.S.C. 3802) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘(c) Regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection 
(a) shall include methods to convey to every person re-
quired to register the solemn obligation for military service 
in the event of a military draft.’’. 
(d) EXPANDED
REGISTRATION
TO
ALL
AMERI-
CANS.— 
(1) Section 3(a) (50 U.S.C. 3802(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘male citizen’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘citizen’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘male person’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘person’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘present himself’’ and in-
serting ‘‘appear’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘so long as he’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘so long as such alien’’. 
(2) Section 4(e) (50 U.S.C. 3803(e)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘enlisted men’’ and inserting ‘‘en-
listed persons’’. 
(3) Section 5 (50 U.S.C. 3805) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘race or color’’ and in-
serting ‘‘race, color, sex, or gender’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘call for men’’ and in-
serting ‘‘call for persons’’; and 
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(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘men’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘persons’’. 
(4) Section 6 (50 U.S.C. 3806) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘enlisted men’’ and in-
serting ‘‘enlisted persons’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘accrue to him’’ and 
inserting ‘‘accrue to such alien’’; and 
(B) in subsection (h)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(other than wives 
alone, except in cases of extreme hard-
ship)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘wives and children’’ 
and inserting ‘‘spouses and children’’. 
(5) Section 10(b)(3) (50 U.S.C. 3809(b)(3)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the President is re-
quested’’ and all that follows through ‘‘within 
its jurisdiction’’ 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 ex-
tent practicable, it is proportionately represent-
ative of the race, national origin, and sex of 
those registrants within its jurisdiction’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘race or national origin’’ 
and inserting ‘‘race, sex, or national origin’’. 
(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 para-
graph: 
‘‘(5) The Selective Service System shall conduct 
exercises periodically of all mobilization plans, sys-
tems, and processes to evaluate and test the effec-
tiveness of such plans, systems, and processes. Once 
every 4 years, the exercise shall include the full 
range of internal and interagency procedures to en-
sure functionality and interoperability and may take 
place as part of the Department of Defense mobili-
zation exercise under section 10208 of title 10, 
United States Code. The Selective Service System 
shall conduct a public awareness campaign in con-
junction with each exercise to communicate the pur-
pose of the exercise to the public.’’. 
(f) DUE PROCESS FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER.— 
(1) Section 12 (50 U.S.C. 3811) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (f)— 
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(i) in paragraph (2), by inserting be-
fore the period at the end ‘‘or proof of reg-
istration in accordance with subsection 
(g)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) in the first sentence, by strik-
ing ‘‘compliance’’ and inserting ‘‘com-
pliance or proof of registration’’; and 
(II) in the second sentence, by 
inserting before the period at the end 
‘‘or proof of registration’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (4), in the second 
sentence— 
(I) by striking ‘‘thereunder’’ and 
inserting ‘‘thereunder, or failure to 
provide proof of registration in ac-
cordance with subsection (g),’’; and 
(II) by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end ‘‘or has registered in 
accordance with subsection (g)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (g)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘and the person shows 
by a preponderance of the evidence that 
the failure of the person to register was 
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not a knowing and willful failure to reg-
ister; or’’; and 
(ii) by amending paragraph (2) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(2) the person was provided notice of the per-
son’s failure to register and the person registered 
within 30 days with the Selective Service System, re-
gardless of the person’s age at the time of registra-
tion.’’. 
(g) 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 undesig-
nated 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 pre-
scribe’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘any 
enlisted member’’ and inserting ‘‘any per-
son who is an enlisted member’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), by 
striking ‘‘in which he resides’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘in which such person resides’’; 
(C) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘coordi-
nate with him’’ and inserting ‘‘coordinate with 
the Director’’; and 
(D) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ‘‘find-
ing 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 Presi-
dent 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)— 
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(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 Presi-
dent’’; 
(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 reg-
istrant’s’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘he may 
deem’’ and inserting ‘‘the President considers’’; 
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(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 insert-
ing ‘‘who, as such person’s regular and cus-
tomary vocation,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘one who as his cus-
tomary vocation’’ and inserting ‘‘a person 
who, as such person’s customary voca-
tion,’’; 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 Presi-
dent is authorized’’; 
(9) in section 21 (50 U.S.C. 3819)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘he is sooner’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘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. 38290(b)), in 
paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘his’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘the registrant’s’’; and 
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(11) except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion— 
(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 ap-
pears 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’’. 
(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS.— 
(1) Section 3328 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(a) An individual who was required to register under 
section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 
3803) but failed to meet the registration requirements of 
section 3 of that Act shall be ineligible for appointment 
to a position in an Executive agency, unless— 
‘‘(1) the requirement for the person to so reg-
ister has terminated or become inapplicable to the 
person and the person shows by a preponderance of 
the evidence that the failure of the person to register 
was not a knowing and willful failure to register; or 
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