(7) Standards for compensation and benefits 
for persons performing their national service obliga-
tion under this title through civilian service. 
(8) Such other matters as the President deter-
mines necessary to carry out this title. 
(c) USE OF PRIOR ACT.—To the extent determined 
appropriate by the President, the President may use for 
purposes of this title the procedures provided in the Mili-
tary Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.), 
including procedures for registration, selection, and induc-
tion. 
SEC. 106. EXAMINATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF PER-
SONS. 
(a) EXAMINATION.—Every person subject to induc-
tion under this title shall, before induction, be physically 
and mentally examined and shall be classified as to fitness 
to perform national service. 
(b) DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS.—The 
President may apply different classification standards for 
fitness for military service and fitness for civilian service. 
SEC. 107. DEFERMENTS AND POSTPONEMENTS. 
(a) HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.—A person who is pur-
suing a standard course of study, on a full-time basis, in 
a secondary school or similar institution of learning shall 
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be entitled to have induction under this title postponed 
until the person— 
(1) obtains a high school diploma; 
(2) ceases to pursue satisfactorily such course 
of study; or 
(3) attains the age of 20. 
(b) POST SECONDARY STUDENTS.—A person who is 
pursuing a standard course of study, on a full-time basis, 
in a university, technical school or similar institution of 
learning shall be entitled to have induction under this title 
postponed until the person— 
(1) obtains a certificate or diploma; 
(2) ceases to pursue satisfactorily such course 
of study; or 
(3) attains the age of 24. 
(c) HARDSHIP AND DISABILITY.—Deferments from 
national service under this title may be made for— 
(1) extreme hardship; or 
(2) physical or mental disability. 
(d) TRAINING CAPACITY.—The President may post-
pone or suspend the induction of persons for military serv-
ice under this title as necessary to limit the number of 
persons receiving basic military training and education to 
the maximum number that can be adequately trained. 
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(e) TERMINATION.—No deferment or postponement 
of induction under this title shall continue after the cause 
of such deferment or postponement ceases. 
SEC. 108. INDUCTION EXEMPTIONS. 
(a) QUALIFICATIONS.—No person may be inducted 
for military service under this title unless the person is 
acceptable to the Secretary concerned for training and 
meets the same health and physical qualifications applica-
ble under section 505 of title 10, United States Code, to 
persons seeking original enlistment in a regular compo-
nent of the Armed Forces. 
(b) OTHER MILITARY SERVICE.—No person shall be 
liable for induction under this title who— 
(1) is serving, or has served honorably for at 
least six months, in any component of the uniformed 
services on active duty; or 
(2) is or becomes a cadet or midshipman at the 
United States Military Academy, the United States 
Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Acad-
emy, the Coast Guard Academy, the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy, a midshipman of a Navy 
accredited State maritime academy, a member of the 
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, or the 
naval aviation college program, so long as that per-
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son satisfactorily continues in and completes at least 
two years training therein. 
SEC. 109. CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION. 
(a) CLAIMS AS CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR.—Noth-
ing in this title shall be construed to require a person to 
be subject to combatant training and service in the uni-
formed services, if that person, by reason of sincerely held 
moral, ethical, or religious beliefs, is conscientiously op-
posed to participation in war in any form. 
(b) ALTERNATIVE NONCOMBATANT
OR CIVILIAN 
SERVICE.—A person who claims exemption from combat-
ant training and service under subsection (a) and whose 
claim is sustained by the local board shall— 
(1) be assigned to noncombatant service (as de-
fined by the President), if the person is inducted 
into the uniformed services; or 
(2) be ordered by the local board, if found to 
be conscientiously opposed to participation in such 
noncombatant service, to perform civilian service for 
the period specified in section 104(a) and subject to 
such regulations as the President may prescribe. 
SEC. 110. DISCHARGE FOLLOWING NATIONAL SERVICE. 
(a) DISCHARGE.—Upon completion or termination of 
the obligation to perform national service under this title, 
a person shall be discharged from the uniformed services 
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or from civilian service, as the case may be, and shall not 
be subject to any further service under this title. 
(b) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AUTHORITIES.— 
Nothing in this section shall limit or prohibit the call to 
active service in the uniformed services of any person who 
is a member of a regular or reserve component of the uni-
formed services. 
TITLE 
II—AMENDMENTS 
TO 
MILITARY SELECTIVE SERV-
ICE ACT 
SEC. 201. REGISTRATION OF FEMALES. 
(a) REGISTRATION REQUIRED.—Section 3(a) of the 
Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 453(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘male’’ both places it appears; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or herself’’ after ‘‘himself’’; 
and 
(3) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the per-
son’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 16(a) of 
the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 466(a)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘men’’ and inserting ‘‘persons’’. 
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