Ronald Dellums: “the amendment before the body at this time is an amendment that would repeal, and I would repeat, repeal the requirement…”

“the amendment before the body at this time is an amendment that would repeal, and I would repeat, repeal the requirement for Selective Service registration of 18-year-old men effective October 1, 1994. It does not, Mr. Chairman, apply to those who had a registration requirement prior to that date. It does not shut down the Selective Service System. It simply and directly repeals the requirement, Mr. Chairman, for the registration of these young 18-year-olds. In support of amendment, I would like to make the following comments. The Department of Defense, Mr. Chairman, issued a report last year based on a study that the Congress requested that said peacetime registration could be suspended with no effect on military mobilization. Mr. Chairman, let me quote the Defense Department's study requested by the Congress of the United States. It said, in part, ``Peacetime registration could be suspended with no effect on military mobilization, little effect on the time it would take to mobilize, and no measurable effect on military recruitment.'' In short, Mr. Chairman, our Nation's military leaders said we do not need the draft registration in peacetime to meet projected contingencies.”