S.Amdt. 2183

SA 2183. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Ms. Lummis, and Mr. Paul) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 523 and insert the following:

SEC. 523. REPEAL OF MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.

(a) Repeal.--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 is repealed.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 upon the repeal of
the 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 upon the repeal of the Act.
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.--
(1) 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).
(2) A State, political subdivision of a State, or political
authority of two or more States may not enact or enforce a
law, regulation, or other provision having the force and
effect of law to penalize or deny any privilege or benefit to
a person who 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). In this section, ``State'' means a State,
the District of Columbia, and a territory or possession of
the United States.
(3) Failing to present oneself 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), shall not be reason for any entity of the
United States Government to determine that a person lacks
good moral character or is unsuited for any privilege or
benefit.
(d) Conscientious Objectors.--Nothing contained in this
section shall be construed to undermine or diminish the
rights of conscientious objectors under laws and regulations
of the United States.
In title V, strike subtitle J.
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