To amend the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration of women with the Selective Service System in light of the Department of Defense elimination of the rule excluding women from direct ground combat assignments in the Armed Forces.

Bill: 113-hr-747
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-15
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Elementary and secondary education

Executive Office of the President

Higher education

Licensing and registrations

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Mental health

Military personnel and dependents

Military readiness

National and community service
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Military Selective Service Act to include females (under current law, only males) between the ages of 18 and 26 within military service registration requirements.</p> <p>Makes such amendment effective 60 days after the enactment of this Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 747 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2013 Mr. Rangel (for himself and Mr. Moran ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration of women with the Selective Service System in light of the Department of Defense elimination of the rule excluding women from direct ground combat assignments in the Armed Forces.

1. Nondiscrimination in application of Military Selective Service registration requirement for citizens and certain residents of the United States (a) Applicability to all citizens and residents within specified age range Section 3(a) of the Military Selective Service Act ( 50 U.S.C. App. 453(a) ) is amended— (1) in the first sentence— (A) by striking male both places it appears; and (B) by inserting or herself after himself ; and (2) in the second sentence, by striking he continues and inserting the alien continues . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.