Sec. 529A. REPORT ON PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL OF DENIAL OF STATUS OR BENEFITS FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE
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## SEC. 529A REPORT ON PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL OF DENIAL OF STATUS OR BENEFITS FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE ###
(a)Report Required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Selective Service System shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report setting forth the results of a review of the processes and procedures employed by agencies across the Federal Government for the appeal by individuals of a denial of status or benefits under Federal law for failure to register for selective service under the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.). ###
(b)Consultation The Director of the Selective Service System shall carry out this section in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Education, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies. ###
(c)Elements The report required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: ####
(1)A description and assessment of the various appeals processes and procedures described in subsection (a), including— #####
(A)a description of such processes and procedures; and #####
(B)an assessment of— ######
(i)the adequacy of notice provided for appeals under such processes and procedures; ######
(ii)the fairness of each such process and procedure; ######
(iii)the ease of use of each such process and procedure; ######
(iv)consistency in the application of such processes and procedures across the Federal Government; and ######
(v)the applicability of an appeal granted by one Federal agency under such processes and procedures to the actions and decisions of another Federal agency on a similar appeal. ####
(2)Information on the number of waivers requested, and the number of waivers granted, during the 15-year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act in connection with denial of status or benefits for failure to register for selective service. ####
(3)An analysis and assessment of the recommendations of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service for reforming the rules and policies concerning failure to register for selective service. ####
(4)Such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Director of the Selective Service System, and the consulting officers pursuant to subsection (b), consider appropriate in light of the review conducted pursuant to subsection (a). ####
(5)Such other matters in connection with the review conducted pursuant to subsection
(a)as the Director considers appropriate. ###
(d)Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined In this section, the term “appropriate committee of Congress” means— ####
(1)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and ####
(2)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives.
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Sec. 529A
REPORT ON PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL OF DENIAL OF STATUS OR BENEFITS FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE
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