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The claim: Project 2025 proposes military draft for all public school seniors with two-year commitment. A Sept. 16 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims the Heritage Foundation’s ...
Fact check: Trump falsely claims Harris is talking about bringing back the military draft. Daniel Dale, CNN. September 15, 2024 at 10:18 AM. ... The US has not had a draft since 1973, ...
On May 22, the House Armed Services Committee approved its version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, by a 57–1 vote. [6] As passed by the Committee, the bill included the Pentagon's controversial "Legislative Proposal 480", transferring Air National Guard space units to the Space Force; however, the Committee accepted an amendment proposed by Joe Wilson (R‑SC), watering down ...
How To Beat The Draft Board; Reinstating the military draft by Walter E. Williams Archived May 29, 2016, at the Wayback Machine; Are You Going to be Drafted? by Rod Powers. Discusses the improbability of the draft returning. Archived February 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine; World War I: Conscription Laws from the Library of Congress Blog
The draft is a hobby horse for Houlahan, an Air Force veteran. She also spearheaded a House bill in 2021 to require women to register with the Selective Service, effectively doubling the draft pool.
The Universal National Service Act of 2006 introduced February 14, 2006. New York Democratic Representative Charles Rangel again called for the draft to be reinstated. It required men and women 18–42 to perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for "other purposes".
Eight Republican senators sent a letter to the top negotiators for the annual defense bill asking them to take out a provision that would require women to register for the Selective Service System ...
This ruling was later reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, [2] [3] and the Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear the case. [4] In 2024, a bipartisan group of senators, including Rand Paul, Ron Wyden, and Cynthia Lummis, introduced legislation to end the military draft, calling it outdated and ...