This bill provides that a female citizen of the United States (or other female person residing in the country) who is between the ages of 18 and 26 may elect to present herself and submit to registration for the draft.
To amend the Military Selective Service Act to allow women to elect to 
                        register for the draft.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF WOMEN TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT.

    The Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.) is 
amended as follows:
            (1) Section 3 (50 U.S.C. 3802) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) A female citizen of the United States, or other female person 
residing in the United States, who is between the ages described in 
subsection (a), may elect to present herself and submit to registration 
pursuant to such subsection.''.
            (2) Section 4(a) (50 U.S.C. 3803(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in the first undesignated paragraph--
                            (i) by inserting ``(or who elects to 
                        register)'' after ``every person required to 
                        register''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``(or having elected to 
                        register)'' after ``having been required to 
                        register''; and
                    (B) in the second undesignated paragraph, by 
                striking ``who is required to register'' and inserting 
                ``who registers''.
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To amend the Military Selective Service Act to allow women to elect to register for the draft.
To amend the Military Selective Service Act to allow women to elect to register for the draft.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Military Selective Service Act to allow women to elect to register for the draft.
Rep. Owens, Burgess