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H.R.2029 / 105th Congress

Selective Service Registration Privacy Act of 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 24, 1997

Selective Service Registration Privacy Act of 1997 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Military Selective Service Act to prohibit the Corporation for National and Community Service, and related State Commissions, from: (1) receiving information from the Selective Service System (SSS); or (2) using SSS to help recruit or notify young people of service opportunities with the Corporation or recruit national service participants. Prohibits SSS from providing the Corporation with information about SSS registrants or providing such registrants with information about national and community service opportunities.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] · R–TX

Committees

  • Education and Workforce Committee
  • Armed Services Committee
31 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Actions

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  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.

  2. Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

  3. Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

  4. Referred to House National Security

  5. Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on National Security, 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.

  6. Referred to House Education and the Workforce

  7. Introduced in House

  8. Introduced in House

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