1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Selective Service Modernization Act of 2020”.
Selective Service Modernization Act of 2020
A BILL
To amend the Military Selective Service Act to ensure that the records of persons registered pursuant to that Act are updated to remove persons who are deceased, receiving supplemental security income benefits due to a disability, or otherwise no longer eligible for induction, and to permit the induction of persons who have been convicted of nonviolent offenses, and for other purposes.
2. Military Selective Service Act modernization initiatives
Maintenance of registration records— Section 10(b)(3) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3809(b)(3)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: “The President shall ensure that the records of persons registered under this title are periodically updated to exclude persons who are no longer subject to induction into the Armed Forces of the United States, such as deceased persons and persons receiving supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) due to a disability or Federally or State administered supplemental benefits of the type described in section 212(a) of Public Law 93–66 (42 U.S.C. 1382 note) due to a disability.”.
Expungement of convictions and sentences commuted of nonviolent offenders— Section 6(m) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3806(m)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “In the case of the induction of a person convicted of other than a crime of violence (as defined in section 16 of title 18, United States Code), upon the induction of the person, the conviction shall be expunged and the sentence commuted to time served.”.