Selective Service Modernization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5945
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2020-02-21
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing

Disability assistance

Government information and archives

Military personnel and dependents

Personnel records

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Selective Service Modernization Act of </b><b>2020</b></p> <p>This bill makes changes related to the Selective Service System and induction into the U.S.&nbsp;Armed Forces.</p> <p>The bill requires the expungement of an individual's&nbsp;criminal conviction, other than for a crime of violence, upon the individual's induction into the U.S. Armed Forces.</p> <p>The bill also requires that the records of Selective Service registrants are periodically updated to exclude persons no longer subject to induction into the U.S.&nbsp;Armed Forces (e.g., deceased persons and persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits). </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5945 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 21, 2020 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Military Selective Service Act to ensure that the records of persons registered pursuant to that Act are updated to remove persons who are deceased, receiving supplemental security income benefits due to a disability, or otherwise no longer eligible for induction, and to permit the induction of persons who have been convicted of nonviolent offenses, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Selective Service Modernization Act of 2020 . 2. Military Selective Service Act modernization initiatives (a) Maintenance of registration records Section 10(b)(3) of the Military Selective Service Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3809(b)(3) ) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: The President shall ensure that the records of persons registered under this title are periodically updated to exclude persons who are no longer subject to induction into the Armed Forces of the United States, such as deceased persons and persons receiving supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) due to a disability or Federally or State administered supplemental benefits of the type described in section 212(a) of Public Law 93–66 ( 42 U.S.C. 1382 note) due to a disability. . (b) Expungement of convictions and sentences commuted of nonviolent offenders Section 6(m) of the Military Selective Service Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3806(m) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: In the case of the induction of a person convicted of other than a crime of violence (as defined in section 16 of title 18, United States Code), upon the induction of the person, the conviction shall be expunged and the sentence commuted to time served. .