To amend the Military Selective Service Act to ensure that the records of persons registered pursuant to that Act are updated to remove persons who are deceased, receiving supplemental security income benefits due to a disability, or otherwise no longer eligible for induction, and to permit the induction of persons who have been convicted of nonviolent offenses, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-4141| House
| Updated: 11/17/2017
Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic Representative
Texas
Cosponsors (1)
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Military Personnel Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Armed Services Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Selective Service Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Military Selective Service Act to: (1) direct the President to ensure that the records of persons registered under such Act are periodically updated to exclude persons no longer subject to induction into the Armed Forces; and (2) in the case of the induction of a person convicted of other than a crime of violence, expunge the conviction and commute the sentence to time served.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Armed Forces and National Security
Criminal procedure and sentencingDisability assistanceGovernment information and archivesMilitary personnel and dependentsPersonnel recordsPoverty and welfare assistance
To amend the Military Selective Service Act to ensure that the records of persons registered pursuant to that Act are updated to remove persons who are deceased, receiving supplemental security income benefits due to a disability, or otherwise no longer eligible for induction, and to permit the induction of persons who have been convicted of nonviolent offenses, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-4141| House
| Updated: 11/17/2017
Selective Service Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Military Selective Service Act to: (1) direct the President to ensure that the records of persons registered under such Act are periodically updated to exclude persons no longer subject to induction into the Armed Forces; and (2) in the case of the induction of a person convicted of other than a crime of violence, expunge the conviction and commute the sentence to time served.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic Representative
Texas
Cosponsors (1)
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Military Personnel Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Armed Services Committee
Armed Forces and National Security
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Criminal procedure and sentencingDisability assistanceGovernment information and archivesMilitary personnel and dependentsPersonnel recordsPoverty and welfare assistance