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‘‘(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.’’. 
(2) Section 484(n) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(n)) is amended by striking 
‘‘(50 U.S.C. App. 462(f))’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 
U.S.C. 3811(f))’’. 
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, except that the amendments made by sub-
sections (d) and (h)(1) shall take effect 1 year after such 
date of enactment. 
SEC. 402. REPORT ON EXEMPTIONS AND DEFERMENTS FOR 
A POSSIBLE MILITARY DRAFT. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to Con-
gress a report providing a review of exemptions and 
deferments from registration, training, and service under 
the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.) 
and of proposed revisions to those exemptions and 
deferments, taking into account amendments to the Mili-
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tary Selective Service Act under section 401(d) of this Act 
to require registration of all United States citizens and 
persons residing in the United States. 
SEC. 403. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR NATIONAL MOBILIZA-
TION; PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) LEAD
OFFICIAL
FOR
NATIONAL
MOBILIZA-
TION.—The President shall designate an employee of the 
National Security Council to serve as lead national mobili-
zation official, whose duties and responsibilities shall in-
clude coordinating the planning and execution of any na-
tional effort to mobilize government and industry to re-
spond to a national emergency. 
(b) EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR NATIONAL MOBILIZA-
TION.—The Secretary of Defense shall designate a senior 
official within the Office of the Secretary of Defense as 
the Executive Agent for National Mobilization. The Exec-
utive Agent for National Mobilization shall be responsible 
for— 
(1) developing, managing, and coordinating pol-
icy and plans that address the full spectrum of mili-
tary mobilization readiness, including full mobiliza-
tion of personnel from volunteers to draftees in the 
event of a draft activation; 
(2) providing Congress and the Selective Serv-
ice System with updated requirements and timelines 
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for obtaining draft inductees in the event of a na-
tional emergency requiring mass mobilization and 
activation of the draft; and 
(3) providing Congress with a plan, developed 
in coordination with the Selective Service System, to 
induct large numbers of volunteers who may respond 
to a national call for volunteers during an emer-
gency. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a plan for obtaining 
draft inductees as part of a mobilization timeline for the 
Selective Service System. The plan shall include a descrip-
tion of resources, locations, and capabilities of the Armed 
Forces required to train, equip, and integrate drafted per-
sonnel into the total force, addressing scenarios that would 
include 300,000, 600,000, and 1,000,000 new volunteer 
and drafted personnel. The plan may be provided in classi-
fied form. 
SEC. 404. ENHANCEMENTS TO NATIONAL MOBILIZATION 
EXERCISES. 
Section 10208 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary shall, beginning in the first fis-
cal year that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this subsection, and every 5 years thereafter, as part of 
the major mobilization exercise under subsection (a), in-
clude the processes of the Selective Service System in 
preparation for a draft, and submit to Congress a report 
on the results of this exercise. The report may be sub-
mitted in classified form. 
‘‘(2) The exercise under this subsection— 
‘‘(A) shall include a review of national mobiliza-
tion strategic and operational concepts; 
‘‘(B) shall include a simulation of a mobiliza-
tion of all armed forces and reserve units, with plans 
and processes for incorporating Selective Service 
System inductees; and 
‘‘(C) shall involve the Selective Service System, 
the Department of Homeland Security, the Depart-
ment of Commerce, the Department of Labor, and 
other relevant interagency stakeholders.’’. 
SEC. 405. CRITICAL SKILLS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
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(1) The Department of Defense needs a work-
force of skilled individuals to meet the national secu-
rity challenges facing the United States. 
(2) As the Department develops tools to bring 
individuals with critical skills into civilian and mili-
tary service, it must identify the type and number 
of critically skilled personnel that are needed. 
(b) CRITICAL SKILLS AND SKILLED INDIVIDUALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness, shall develop and maintain 
a list of the critical skills and numbers of skilled in-
dividuals needed for the Department of Defense, the 
Armed Forces, and the National Guard. 
(2) CRITICAL
SKILLS.—For purposes of this 
section, critical skills are those skills for which the 
Department has a critical need, such as medical, 
dental, and nursing skills, language skills, cyber 
skills, and science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics skills. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of De-
fense for Personnel and Readiness shall ensure that 
the list developed under subsection (b) is updated 
annually in accordance with paragraph (2). 
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