US Congress House Bill 5945 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 21 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Makes changes related to the Selective Service System and induction into the U.S. Armed Forces. The bill requires the expungement of an individual's criminal conviction, other than for a crime of violence, upon the individual's induction into the U.S. Armed Forces. The bill also requires that the records of Selective Service registrants are periodically updated to exclude persons no longer subject to induction into the U.S. Armed Forces (e.g., deceased persons and persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits).

Selective Service Modernization Act of 2020

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2020-02-21	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.
2020-02-21	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.
2020-02-21	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5945/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5945/BILLS-116hr5945ih.pdf