H.R. 747: To amend the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration of women with the Selective Service System in light of the Department of Defense elimination of the rule excluding women from direct ground combat assignments in the Armed Forces.

H.R. 747: To amend the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration of women with the Selective Service System in light of the Department of Defense elimination of the rule excluding women from direct ground combat assignments in the Armed Forces.

113th Congress · introduced 2013-02-15 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-02-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration of women with the Selective Service System in light of the Department of Defense elimination of the rule excluding women from direct ground combat assignments in the Armed Forces.

Plain summary

Amends the Military Selective Service Act to include females (under current law, only males) between the ages of 18 and 26 within military service registration requirements. Makes such amendment effective 60 days after the enactment of this Act.

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Official text

To amend the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration of women with the Selective Service System in light of the Department of Defense elimination of the rule excluding women from direct ground combat assignments in the Armed Forces.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13] · 1 cosponsors

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr747.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr747 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113