NEW BILL H.R 748 - National Service

[HappyMonday]

Fear-bunk photoshop image of the night from my social media stream, the source of which I'm sure will be making an appearance in the Woo gestalt soon -

H.R.748 - To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or as civilian service in a Federal, State, or local government program or with a community-based agency or community-based entity, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, to provide for the registration of women under the Military Selective Service Act, and for other purposes.​

Link: ​

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-h748/show

 

[Mick West]

That's just Charles Rangle's pet thing. It's not going to happen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_service_in_the_United_States#Post_9-11

After 9-11, a variety of programs were initiated to encourage Americans to serve. President George H.W. Bush initiated the U.S.A. Freedom Corps within months of the attacks. On January 7, 2003, Senator Ernest F. Hollings (South Carolina) and Representative Charles Rangel (New York) introduced the Universal National Service Act of 2003 (S. 89 / H.R. 163). H.R. 163 failed in the United States House of Representatives by a vote of 2–402 on October 5, 2004. On February 14, 2006, Congressman Charles Rangel (New York) introduced the Universal National Service Act of 2006 (H.R. 4752). The bill never made it out of committee. On January 10, 2007, Congressman Charles Rangel (New York) introduced the Universal National Service Act of 2007 (H.R. 393). The bill never made it out of committee.