S. 2943 (114th Congress) — Draft Women (Attempt 1)
Draft women into the military — the first attempt to force women to register for the draft; stripped before enactment, but the votes for it are on the record.
not_enacted · The official record
S. 2943 (114th Congress) — FY2017 NDAA (S. 2943) §591
S. 2943 (114th Congress) — FY2017 NDAA (S. 2943) §591. Every recorded vote below is cited to the official government record.
- 4 recorded roll calls are published for S. 2943 (114th Congress).
The instruments
The provisions
| Section | What it does | Official text |
|---|---|---|
| 591 | Amends section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3802) by redesignating subsection (b) as (c) and inserting a new subsection (b) applying the registration duty to female citizens and female persons residing in the United States. | The text |
Where Draft Women (Attempt 1) was put to a vote
| Stage | The question | Date | Tally | What we could not get |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House vote | On Hunter Log 224 - Expands the military selective service requirements to female citizens and residents of the U.S. between the ages of 18 and 26. | |||
| House vote | ||||
| Senate vote | On the Cloture Motion S. 2943 | |||
| Senate vote | On Passage of the Bill S. 2943 |