Gender Neutral Militia Act [Passed]

[Verily]

Gender Neutral Militia Act

   Section 311(a) of Title 10, Armed Forces, is amended by -
      (1) replacing the word "males" with the word "individuals", and
      (2) striking the words "and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard".


(Sponsor: Ebowed)

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Is this just a semantics thing?

That is, this doesn't have any far reaching effects, such as to require females to register for Selective Service, does it?

[Sam Spade]

Is this just a semantics thing?

That is, this doesn't have any far reaching effects, such as to require females to register for Selective Service, does it?

Just for you, I'll go rambling through the Code to find an answer if need be - i.e. if Ernest can't tell us.

[Sensei]

This looks like it would have far reaching effects to me, without reading the code, of course.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Is this just a semantics thing?

That is, this doesn't have any far reaching effects, such as to require females to register for Selective Service, does it?

IIRC we've abolished Selective Service.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Is this just a semantics thing?

That is, this doesn't have any far reaching effects, such as to require females to register for Selective Service, does it?

IIRC we've abolished Selective Service.

Ah.  Well, that's good.

Questions still stands, though.  I hope Ernest will enlighten us.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

This only affects the composition of the unorganized militia.  Females can already join the National Guard (i.e., the organized militia) and is why the existing law includes them in the definition of militia, so that the potential anomaly of a female being in the organized militia, but not the militia as a whole is avoided.  If there were a dire situation that required the calling out of the whole militia in an area, this law could potentially affect females not already in the organized militia.

Even if there were still Selective Service in Atlasia, the Selective Service Act does not reference the militia, but male persons.  This is likely because the Act caps the age at which people can become liable for service at twenty-six, while one is in the militia until age forty-five under current law.

[Speed of Sound]

Eh, semantics or not, it looks like simply a friendly amendment, and while its already on the floor, we may as well pass it.

[Verily]

With all of the clarifications, this seems like a reasonable and non-controversial bill to me.

[Јas]

The Gender Neutral Militia Bill is now at final vote.

Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain accordingly.

[Ebowed]

Aye

[Speed of Sound]

Aye

[Sam Spade]

Aye

[Hatman 🍁]

aye

[Verily]

Aye

[afleitch]

Aye

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Aye.

[Verily]

With seven in favor, this bill has enough votes to pass. Senators have twenty-four hours to change their votes.

[Verily]

Result on Final Passage
Aye: 7 (Ebowed; SoS; Sam; Earl; Verily; Afleitch; Moderate)
Nay: 0
Abstain [Didn't vote]: 3 (Brandon; Friz; Sensei)

With seven in favor and none opposed, this legislation has passed and is presented to the President for his signature.

[Colin]

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