[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4478 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4478

To amend the Military Selective Service Act to extend the registration 
    and conscription requirements of the Selective Service System, 
  currently applicable only to men between the ages of 18 and 26, to 
women between those ages to reflect the opening of Combat Arms Military 
                   Occupational Specialties to women.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2016

 Mr. Hunter (for himself and Mr. Zinke) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Military Selective Service Act to extend the registration 
    and conscription requirements of the Selective Service System, 
  currently applicable only to men between the ages of 18 and 26, to 
women between those ages to reflect the opening of Combat Arms Military 
                   Occupational Specialties to women.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Draft America's Daughters Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION AND 
              CONSCRIPTION REQUIREMENTS TO FEMALE CITIZENS AND 
              RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 
              26.

    (a) Applicability to Female Citizens and Residents Within Specified 
Age Range.--Section 3(a) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 
U.S.C. 3802(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``every male citizen'' and 
                inserting ``all citizens'';
                    (B) by striking ``every other male person'' and 
                inserting ``all other persons'';
                    (C) by striking ``is between'' and inserting ``are 
                between''; and
                    (D) by striking ``himself'' and inserting 
                ``themselves''; 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 90 days after the later of--
            (1) the date of the enactment of this Act; or
            (2) the date on which the Secretary of Defense certifies to 
        Congress that all Combat Arms Military Occupational Specialties 
        are open to qualified female candidates.
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