Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

(1) The term ‘contingency operation’ has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code.

(2) The term ‘military service’ means service performed as a member of an active or reserve component of the uniformed services.

(3) The term ‘national service’ means military service or service in a civilian capacity that, as determined by the President, promotes the
national defense, including national or community service and service
related to homeland security.

(4) The term ‘Secretary concerned’ means the Secretary of Defense with respect to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Secretary of
Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard, the Secretary of
Commerce, with respect to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with
respect to the Public Health Service.

(5) The term ‘United States’, when used in a geographical sense, means the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, and Guam.

(6) The term ‘uniformed services’ means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, and commissioned corps of the Public Health
Service.

(1) as a member of an active or reserve component of the uniformed services; or

(2) in a civilian capacity that, as determined by the President, promotes the national defense, including national or community service and
service related to homeland security.

(1) a declaration of war is in effect;

(2) the President declares a national emergency, which the President determines necessitates the induction of persons to perform military
service, and immediately informs Congress of the reasons for the
declaration and the need to induct persons for military service; or

(3) members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps are engaged in a contingency operation pursuant to a congressional authorization for the
use of military force.

(1) the authorized end strengths of the uniformed services;

(2) the feasibility of the uniformed services to recruit sufficient volunteers to achieve such end-strength levels; and

(3) provide a mechanism for the random selection of persons to be inducted to perform military service.

(1) RANDOM SELECTION FOR MILITARY SERVICE- When the induction of persons for military service is authorized by subsection (b), the President
shall utilize a mechanism for the random selection of persons to be
inducted to perform military service.

(2) CIVILIAN SERVICE- Persons described in section 102(a) who do not volunteer to perform military service or are not inducted for military
service shall perform their national service obligation in a civilian
capacity pursuant to section 102(b)(2).

(1) volunteer to perform national service in lieu of being inducted; or

(2) request permission to be inducted at a time other than the time at which the person is otherwise called for induction.

(1) with the consent of the member, for the purpose of furnishing hospitalization, medical, or surgical care for injury or illness
incurred in line of duty; or

(2) for the purpose of requiring the member to compensate for any time lost to training for any cause.

(1) The voluntary enlistment and active service of the person in an active or reserve component of the uniformed services for a period of at least
two years, in which case the period of basic military training and
education actually served by the person shall be counted toward the term
of enlistment.

(2) The admission and service of the person as a cadet or midshipman at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the
United States Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, or the United
States Merchant Marine Academy.

(3) The enrollment and service of the person in an officer candidate program, if the person has signed an agreement to accept a Reserve
commission in the appropriate service with an obligation to serve on
active duty if such a commission is offered upon completion of the
program.

(4) Such other grounds as the President may establish.

(1) The types of civilian service that may be performed in order for a person to satisfy the person’s national service obligation under this
title.

(2) Standards for satisfactory performance of civilian service and of penalties for failure to perform civilian service satisfactorily.

(3) The manner in which persons shall be selected for induction under this title, including the manner in which those selected will be notified of
such selection.

(4) All other administrative matters in connection with the induction of persons under this title and the registration, examination, and
classification of such persons.

(5) A means to determine questions or claims with respect to inclusion for, or exemption or deferment from induction under this title, including
questions of conscientious objection.

(6) Standards for compensation and benefits for persons performing their national service obligation under this title through civilian service.

(7) Such other matters as the President determines necessary to carry out this title.

(1) obtains a high school diploma;

(2) ceases to pursue satisfactorily such course of study; or

(3) attains the age of 20.

(1) extreme hardship; or

(2) physical or mental disability.

(1) is serving, or has served honorably for at least six months, in any component of the uniformed services on active duty; or

(2) is or becomes a cadet or midshipman at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force
Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, the United States Merchant Marine
Academy, a midshipman of a Navy accredited State maritime academy, a
member of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, or the naval
aviation college program, so long as that person satisfactorily
continues in and completes at least two years training therein.

(1) be assigned to noncombatant service (as defined by the President), if the person is inducted into the uniformed services; or

(2) be ordered by the local board, if found to be conscientiously opposed to participation in such noncombatant service, to perform national
civilian service for the period specified in section 104(a) and subject
to such regulations as the President may prescribe.

(1) by striking ‘male’ both places it appears;

(2) by inserting ‘or herself’ after ‘himself’; and

(3) by striking ‘he’ and inserting ‘the person’.