Draft Bill part 2
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SEC. 5. INDUCTION.
(a) In General- Every person subject to induction for national
service under this Act, except those whose training is deferred or
postponed in accordance with this Act, shall be called and
inducted by the President for such service at the time and place
specified by the President.
(b) Age Limits- A person may be inducted under this Act only if
the person has attained the age of 18 and has not attained the age
of 42.
(c) Voluntary Induction- A person subject to induction under
this Act may volunteer for induction at a time other than the time
at which the person is otherwise called for induction.
(d) Examination; Classification- Every person subject to
induction under this Act shall, before induction, be physically
and mentally examined and shall be classified as to fitness to
perform national service. The President may apply different
classification standards for fitness for military service and
fitness for civilian service.
SEC. 6. DEFERMENTS AND POSTPONEMENTS.
(a) High School Students- A person who is pursuing a standard
course of study, on a full-time basis, in a secondary school or
similar institution of learning shall be entitled to have induction
under this Act postponed until the person--
(1) obtains a high school diploma;
(2) ceases to pursue satisfactorily such course of study; or
(3) attains the age of 20.
(b) Hardship and Disability- Deferments from national service
under this Act may be made for--
(1) extreme hardship; or
(2) physical or mental disability.
(c) Training Capacity- The President may postpone or suspend
the induction of persons for military service under this Act as
necessary to limit the number of persons receiving basic military
training and education to the maximum number that can be
adequately trained.
(d) Termination- No deferment or postponement of induction
under this Act shall continue after the cause of such deferment
or postponement ceases.
SEC. 7. INDUCTION EXEMPTIONS.
(a) Qualifications- No person may be inducted for military
service under this Act unless the person is acceptable to the
Secretary concerned for training and meets the same health and
physical qualifications applicable under section 505 of title 10,
United States Code, to persons seeking original enlistment in a
regular component of the Armed Forces.
(b) Other Military Service- No person shall be liable for
induction under this Act who--
(1) is serving, or has served honorably for at least six months, in
any component of the uniformed services on active duty; or
(2) is or becomes a cadet or midshipman at the United States
Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United
States Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, the
United States Merchant Marine Academy, a midshipman of a
Navy accredited State maritime academy, a member of the
Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or the naval aviation
college program, so long as that person satisfactorily continues
in and completes at least two years training therein.
SEC. 8. CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION.
(a) Claims as Conscientious Objector- Nothing in this Act shall
be construed to require a person to be subject to combatant
training and service in the uniformed services, if that person, by
reason of sincerely held moral, ethical, or religious beliefs, is
conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any form.
(b) Alternative Noncombatant or Civilian Service- A person who
claims exemption from combatant training and service under
subsection (a) and whose claim is sustained by the local board
shall--
(1) be assigned to noncombatant service (as defined by the
President), if the person is inducted into the uniformed services;
or
(2) be ordered by the local board, if found to be conscientiously
opposed to participation in such noncombatant service, to
perform national civilian service for the period specified in
section 3(a) and subject to such regulations as the President may
prescribe.
SEC. 9. DISCHARGE FOLLOWING NATIONAL
SERVICE.
(a) Discharge- Upon completion or termination of the obligation
to perform national service under this Act, a person shall be
discharged from the uniformed services or from civilian service,
as the case may be, and shall not be subject to any further
service under this Act.
(b) Coordination With Other Authorities- Nothing in this
section shall limit or prohibit the call to active service in the
uniformed services of any person who is a member of a regular
or reserve component of the uniformed services.
SEC. 10. REGISTRATION OF FEMALES UNDER THE
MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.
(a) Registration Required- Section 3(a) of the Military Selective
Service Act (50 U.S.C. 453(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking 'male' both places it appears;
(2) by inserting 'or herself' after 'himself'; and
(3) by striking 'he' and inserting 'the person'.
(b) Conforming Amendment- Section 16(a) of the Military
Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 466(a)) is amended by
striking 'men' and inserting 'persons'.
SEC. 11. RELATION OF ACT TO REGISTRATION AND
INDUCTION AUTHORITY OF MILITARY SELECTIVE
SERVICE ACT.
(a) Registration- Section 4 of the Military Selective Service Act
(50 U.S.C. App. 454) is amended by inserting after subsection
(g) the following new subsection:
'(h) This section does not apply with respect to the induction of
persons into the Armed Forces pursuant to the Universal
National Service Act of 2006.'.
(b) Induction- Section 17(c) of the Military Selective Service Act
(50 U.S.C. App. 467(c)) is amended by striking 'now or
hereafter' and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting 'inducted pursuant to the Universal National Service
Act of 2006.'.
SEC. 12. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) The term 'military service' means service performed as a
member of an active or reserve component of the uniformed
services.
(2) The term 'Secretary concerned' means the Secretary of
Defense with respect to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine
Corps, the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the
Coast Guard, the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to matters
concerning the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, and the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, with respect to matters concerning the Public Health
Service.
(3) The term 'United States', when used in a geographical sense,
means the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
the Virgin Islands, and Guam.
(4) The term 'uniformed services' means the Army, Navy, Air
Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, commissioned corps of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and
commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
