Sec. 555. PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURE FOR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS

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## SEC. 555 PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURE FOR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS ###

(a)Context of Commission Review The Commission shall— ####

(1)conduct a review of the military selective service process; and ####

(2)consider methods to increase participation in military, national, and public service opportunities to address national security and other public service needs of the Nation. ###

(b)Development of Commission Recommendations The Commission shall develop recommendations on the matters subject to its review under subsection

(a)that are consistent with the principles established by the President under subsection (c). ###

(c)Presidential Principles ####

(1)In general Not later than three months after the Commission establishment date, the President shall establish and transmit to the Commission and Congress principles for reform of the military selective service process, including means by which to best acquire for the Nation skills necessary to meet the military, national, and public service requirements of the Nation in connection with that process. ####

(2)Elements The principles required under this subsection shall address the following: #####

(A)Whether, in light of the current and predicted global security environment and the changing nature of warfare, there continues to be a continuous or potential need for a military selective service process designed to produce large numbers of combat members of the Armed Forces, and if so, whether such a system should include mandatory registration by all citizens and residents, regardless of sex. #####

(B)The need, and how best to meet the need, of the Nation, the military, the Federal civilian sector, and the private sector (including the non-profit sector) for individuals possessing critical skills and abilities, and how best to employ individuals possessing those skills and abilities for military, national, or public service. #####

(C)How to foster within the Nation, particularly among United States youth, an increased sense of service and civic responsibility in order to enhance the acquisition by the Nation of critically needed skills through education and training, and how best to acquire those skills for military, national, or public service. #####

(D)How to increase a propensity among United States youth for service in the military, or alternatively in national or public service, including how to increase the pool of qualified applicants for military service. #####

(E)The need in Government, including the military, and in the civilian sector to increase interest, education, and employment in certain critical fields, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), national security, cyber, linguistics and foreign language, education, health care, and the medical professions. #####

(F)How military, national, and public service may be incentivized, including through educational benefits, grants, federally-insured loans, Federal or State hiring preferences, or other mechanisms that the President considers appropriate. #####

(G)Any other matters the President considers appropriate for purposes of this subtitle. ###

(d)Cabinet Recommendations Not later than seven months after the Commission establishment date, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Labor, and such other Government officials, and such experts, as the President shall designate for purposes of this subsection shall jointly transmit to the Commission and Congress recommendations for the reform of the military selective service process and military, national, and public service in connection with that process. ###

(e)Commission Report and Recommendations ####

(1)Report Not later than 30 months after the Commission establishment date, the Commission shall transmit to the President and Congress a report containing the findings and conclusions of the Commission, together with the recommendations of the Commission regarding the matters reviewed by the Commission pursuant to this subtitle. The Commission shall include in the report legislative language and recommendations for administrative action to implement the recommendations of the Commission. The findings and conclusions in the report shall be based on the review and analysis by the Commission of the recommendations made under subsection (d). ####

(2)Requirement for approval The recommendations of the Commission must be approved by at least five members of the Commission before the recommendations may be transmitted to the President and Congress under paragraph (1). ####

(3)Public availability The Commission shall publish a copy of the report required by paragraph

(1)on an Internet website available to the public on the same date on which it transmits that report to the President and Congress under that paragraph. ####

(4)Paperwork reduction act For purposes of developing its recommendations, the information collection of the Commission may be treated as a pilot project under section 3505(a) of title 44, United States Code. In addition, the Commission shall not be subject to the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of such title. ###

(f)Judicial Review Precluded Actions under this section of the President, the officials specified or designated under subsection (d), and the Commission shall not be subject to judicial review.