I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2455 
To repeal the Military Selective Service Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2005 
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To repeal the Military Selective Service Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF THE MILITARY SELECTIVE SERV-
ICE ACT. 
(a) REPEAL.—The Military Selective Service Act (50 
U.S.C. App. 451 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 is repealed.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. App. 460(a)(4)), 
the Office of Selective Service Records shall not be rees-
tablished upon the repeal of the Act. The assets, contracts, 
property, and records held by the Selective Service Sys-
tem, and the unexpended balances of any appropriations 
available to the Selective Service System, shall be trans-
ferred 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 Se-
lective Service System to transfer to other positions in the 
executive branch. 
(c) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS FOR PERSONS PRE-
VIOUSLY SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION.—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 sec-
tion 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 
App. 453), before the repeal of that Act by subsection (a). 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TITLE 5.—Title 5, United States Code, is 
amended as follows: 
(A) By striking section 3328. 
(B) In the table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 33, by striking the item relating 
to section 3328. 
(C) In section 5102(b), by striking ‘‘, in-
cluding positions’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘those positions’’.
(D) In section 5315, by striking the para-
graph relating to the Director of Selective Serv-
ice. 
(2) TITLE 8.—The Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended as follows: 
(A) In section 101(a)(19) (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(19))— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 3(a) of the Se-
lective Training and Service Act of 1940, 
as amended (54 Stat. 885; 55 Stat. 844), 
or under section 4(a) of the Selective Serv-
ice Act of 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 605; 
65 Stat. 76) or under’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘sections or’’. 
(B) In section 237(a)(2)(D)(iii) (8 U.S.C. 
1227(a)(2)(D)(iii)), by striking ‘‘any provision 
of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 
App. 451 et seq.) or’’. 
(C) In section 245A(a)(4) (8 U.S.C. 
1255a(a)(4))— 
(i) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B); 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (C) and inserting a period; 
and
(iii) by striking subparagraph (D). 
(D) In section 315(b) (8 U.S.C. 1426(b)), 
by inserting ‘‘former’’ before ‘‘Selective Service 
System’’. 
(3) TITLE 10.—Title 10, United States Code, is 
amended as follows: 
(A) In section 101(d)(6)(B), by striking 
clause (v). 
(B) In section 513— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(ex-
cept as provided in subsection (c))’’; 
(ii) by striking subsection (c); and 
(iii) by redesignating subsection (d) as 
subsection (c). 
(C) In section 523(b), by striking para-
graph (7). 
(D) In section 641(1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (E); 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (F); and 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(G) as subparagraph (F). 
(E) In section 651(a), by striking ‘‘, other 
than a person deferred under the next to the 
last sentence of section 6(d)(1) of the Military