A bill to amend the Military Selective Service Act to provide that any modification to the duty to register for purposes of the Military Selective Service Act may be made only through an Act of Congress, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-s-2600
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2016-02-25
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Judicial review and appeals

Jurisdiction and venue

Licensing and registrations

Military personnel and dependents

Supreme Court
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends the Military Selective Service Act to declare that any modification or change to the persons subject to the duty to register may be made only through an Act of Congress.</p> <p> No court created by Act of Congress shall have any jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or decide any question or claim, whether filed before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution of, the class of persons subject to the duty to register.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2600 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 25, 2016 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Cruz , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Sasse , and Mr. Cassidy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend the Military Selective Service Act to provide that any modification to the duty to register for purposes of the Military Selective Service Act may be made only through an Act of Congress, and for other purposes.

1. Modification to duty to register for purposes of the Military Selective Service Act only through an Act of Congress (a) Modification only through Act of Congress Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3802 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) Any modification or change to the persons subject to the duty to register pursuant to this section may be made only through an Act of Congress. . (b) Prohibition on court jurisdiction of claims regarding class of persons with duty To register No court created by Act of Congress shall have any jurisdiction, and the Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction, to hear or decide any question or claim, whether filed before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution of, the class of persons subject to the duty to register for purposes of the Military Selective Service Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq. ).