SA 4074. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 591 and insert the following:
SEC. 591. REPEAL OF MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.
(a) In General.--The Military Selective Service Act (50
U.S.C. 3801 et seq.) is repealed.
(b) Transfers in Connection With Repeal.--Notwithstanding
the proviso in section 10(a)(4) of the Military Selective
Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3809(a)(4)), the Office of Selective
Service Records shall not be reestablished after the repeal
of the Military Selective Service Act. Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the assets,
contracts, property, and records held by the Selective
Service System, and the unexpended balances of any
appropriations available to the Selective Service System,
shall be transferred to the Administrator of General
Services. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management
shall assist officers and employees of the Selective Service
System to transfer to other positions in the executive
branch.
(c) Effect on Existing Sanctions.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, a person may not be denied a right,
privilege, benefit, or employment position under Federal law
on the grounds that the person failed to present himself for
and submit to registration under section 3 of the Military
Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3802) before the repeal of
that Act by subsection (a).
Connect With Us