Topic: New Draft Bill 18-42 Yrs

[David]

I thought you all you young and not so young people might be interested in what your president has in mind for you. If you don't like it, write/email your representatives now!
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Universal National Service Act of 2006 (Introduced in House)
HR 4752 IH

109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4752

To provide for the common defense by requiring all persons in
the United States, including women, between the ages of 18 and
42 to perform a period of military service or a period of civilian
service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland
security, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


February 14, 2006

Mr. RANGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL

To provide for the common defense by requiring all persons in
the United States, including women, between the ages of 18 and
42 to perform a period of military service or a period of civilian
service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland
security, and for other purposes.


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


SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the 'Universal National
Service Act of 2006'.


(b) Table of Contents- The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. National service obligation.
Sec. 3. Two-year period of national service.
Sec. 4. Implementation by the President.
Sec. 5. Induction.
Sec. 6. Deferments and postponements.
Sec. 7. Induction exemptions.
Sec. 8. Conscientious objection.
Sec. 9. Discharge following national service.
Sec. 10. Registration of females under the Military Selective
Service Act.
Sec. 11. Relation of Act to registration and induction authority
of military selective service Act.
Sec. 12. Definitions.


SEC. 2. NATIONAL SERVICE OBLIGATION.

(a) Obligation for Service- It is the obligation of every citizen of
the United States, and every other person residing in the United
States, who is between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform a period
of national service as prescribed in this Act unless exempted
under the provisions of this Act.

(b) Form of National Service- National service under this Act
shall be performed either--

(1) as a member of an active or reserve component of the
uniformed services; or

(2) in a civilian capacity that, as determined by the President,
promotes the national defense, including national or community
service and homeland security.

(c) Induction Requirements- The President shall provide for the
induction of persons covered by subsection (a) to perform
national service under this Act.

(d) Selection for Military Service- Based upon the needs of the
uniformed services, the President shall--

(1) determine the number of persons covered by subsection (a)
whose service is to be performed as a member of an active or
reserve component of the uniformed services; and

(2) select the individuals among those persons who are to be
inducted for military service under this Act.

(e) Civilian Service- Persons covered by subsection (a) who are
not selected for military service under subsection (d) shall
perform their national service obligation under this Act in a
civilian capacity pursuant to subsection (b)(2).


SEC. 3. TWO-YEAR PERIOD OF NATIONAL SERVICE.

(a) General Rule- Except as otherwise provided in this section,
the period of national service performed by a person under this
Act shall be two years.

(b) Grounds for Extension- At the discretion of the President,
the period of military service for a member of the uniformed
services under this Act may be extended--

(1) with the consent of the member, for the purpose of
furnishing hospitalization, medical, or surgical care for injury or
illness incurred in line of duty; or

(2) for the purpose of requiring the member to compensate for
any time lost to training for any cause.

(c) Early Termination- The period of national service for a
person under this Act shall be terminated before the end of such
period under the following circumstances:

(1) The voluntary enlistment and active service of the person in
an active or reserve component of the uniformed services for a
period of at least two years, in which case the period of basic
military training and education actually served by the person
shall be counted toward the term of enlistment.

(2) The admission and service of the person as 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, or the United States Merchant
Marine Academy.

(3) The enrollment and service of the person in an officer
candidate program, if the person has signed an agreement to
accept a Reserve commission in the appropriate service with an
obligation to serve on active duty if such a commission is
offered upon completion of the program.

(4) Such other grounds as the President may establish.


SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION BY THE PRESIDENT.


(a) In General- The President shall prescribe such regulations as
are necessary to carry out this Act.

(b) Matter to Be Covered by Regulations- Such regulations shall
include specification of the following:

(1) The types of civilian service that may be performed for a
person's national service obligation under this Act.

(2) Standards for satisfactory performance of civilian service
and of penalties for failure to perform civilian service
satisfactorily.

(3) The manner in which persons shall be selected for induction
under this Act, including the manner in which those selected will
be notified of such selection.

(4) All other administrative matters in connection with the
induction of persons under this Act and the registration,
examination, and classification of such persons.

(5) A means to determine questions or claims with respect to
inclusion for, or exemption or deferment from induction under
this Act, including questions of conscientious objection.

(6) Standards for compensation and benefits for persons
performing their national service obligation under this Act
through civilian service.

(7) Such other matters as the President determines necessary to
carry out this Act.

(c) Use of Prior Act- To the extent determined appropriate by
the President, the President may use for purposes of this Act the
procedures provided in the Military Selective Service Act (50
U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.), including procedures for registration,
selection, and induction.

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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.

[CTENG in KS]

And that will get passed...never.

[Rocksurfer]

This is where being grandfathered really means being a grandfather.

[abnormaltoy]

Technically, all males between 18 and 45 are members of the militia according to the US Code. Trained by the individual states and armed by the feds...I figure they owe me an M16 at least.
Mark

[4inchToyotas]

Bout time they included the wumenz...they've had the gender selection boxes on the card for years now

[Lady Di]

Technically, all males between 18 and 45 are members of the militia according to the US Code. Trained by the individual states and armed by the feds...I figure they owe me an M16 at least.
Mark

Can I have an Apache?

[abnormaltoy]

Can I have an Apache?

Would this vehicle's main purpose be the defence of our country or traffic mitigation?

[Lady Di]

border security

[abnormaltoy]

border security

We needs us sum a dat down here!

[Cheesemaker]

They've been trying to push this bill for over 16 years!  I remember hearing about this back in high school (16 years ago.)  It never passed then and it will never pass now! 

Did anybody catch the article about the kid that was doing a report on the "No Child Left Behind" act, that Bush put in to affect years ago?  Well, he got copies of the official paperwork and found out that, in order for the school to get federal funding for this program, that the school has to give copies of all legal transcripts, ssn, classes they are taking, grades & so on!  As it turns out the government are using this info to profile children as to who to target for the military!  The kid had his parents contact their local congressman and they are trying to get this fixed! 

[CTENG in KS]

Yup, you can personally opt out of it, but you have to ask for this to be done, the school can't make it known that this is being done and offer you the option.  Sneaky sneaky.

[RockSlayer]

4 years in the Corp. I already did my time.