Measure Requiring Women to Register for Draft Left Out of House Defense Bill
5 Jul 2020
Military.com | By Patricia Kime
A bipartisan group of House members expressed support Thursday for a measure that would require women to register with selective service, but the proposal to include it in the chamber's national defense bill was withdrawn for procedural reasons.
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, a Pennsylvania Democrat and former Air Force captain, raised an amendment to include the recommendations of a congressional commission on national service in America, to include requiring women to participate in the draft registration system.
The National Commission on Military, National and Public Service released a report in March containing 164 recommendations on service in America, addressing educational opportunities and civics to volunteerism and public service through nonprofit and governmental organizations, AmeriCorps, Teach for America, Peace Corps and the military services.
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