To repeal the Military Selective Service Act, and thereby terminate the registration requirements of such Act and eliminate civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective Service System.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5492 To repeal the Military Selective Service Act, and thereby terminate the reg- istration requirements of such Act and eliminate civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective Service System. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 19, 2019 Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To repeal the Military Selective Service Act, and thereby terminate the registration requirements of such Act and eliminate civilian local boards, civilian appeal boards, and similar local agencies of the Selective Service System. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. REPEAL OF MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE 3 ACT. 4 (a) REPEAL.—The Military Selective Service Act (50 5 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.) is repealed. 6 (b) TRANSFERS IN CONNECTION WITH REPEAL.— 7 Notwithstanding the proviso in section 10(a)(4) of the 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:46 Dec 29, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5492.IH H5492 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5492 IH Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3809(a)(4)), the 1 Office of Selective Service Records shall not be reestab- 2 lished upon the repeal of the Act. Not later than 180 days 3 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the assets, 4 contracts, property, and records held by the Selective 5 Service System, and the unexpended balances of any ap- 6 propriations available to the Selective Service System, 7 shall be transferred to the Administrator of General Serv- 8 ices upon the repeal of the Act. The Director of the Office 9 of Personnel Management shall assist officers and employ- 10 ees of the Selective Service System to transfer to other 11 positions in the executive branch. 12 (c) EFFECT ON EXISTING SANCTIONS.— 13 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 14 a person may not be denied a right, privilege, ben- 15 efit, or employment position under Federal law on 16 the grounds that the person failed to present himself 17 for and submit to registration under section 3 of the 18 Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3802), be- 19 fore the repeal of that Act by subsection (a). 20 (2) A State, political subdivision of a State, or 21 political authority of two or more States may not 22 enact or enforce a law, regulation, or other provision 23 having the force and effect of law to penalize or 24 deny any privilege or benefit to a person who failed 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:46 Dec 29, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5492.IH H5492 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 5492 IH to present himself for and submit to registration 1 under section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act 2 (50 U.S.C. 3802), before the repeal of that Act by 3 subsection (a). In this section, ‘‘State’’ means a 4 State, the District of Columbia, and a territory or 5 possession of the United States. 6 (3) Failing to present oneself for and submit to 7 registration under section 3 of the Military Selective 8 Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3802), before the repeal of 9 that Act by subsection (a), shall not be reason for 10 any entity of the U.S. Government to determine that 11 a person lacks good moral character or is unsuited 12 for any privilege or benefit. 13 (d) CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS.—Nothing con- 14 tained in this Act shall be construed to undermine or di- 15 minish the rights of conscientious objectors under laws 16 and regulations of the United States. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:22 Dec 31, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5492.IH H5492 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS