House: Bar Women From Draft
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved a measure that says聽women should not be required to register for a potential military draft.
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives聽passed a measure “that seeks to bar women from being required to register for a potential military draft.”
As the , “By a vote of 217 to 203 Thursday, lawmakers approved an amendment that would block the Selective Service System from using any money to change the draft registration requirements that currently apply only to young men.”
The Senate鈥檚 annual defense policy bill includes a requirement for women to sign up with the Selective Service beginning in January 2018.
The AP says the House did not include a similar provision in its version of the bill.
Democrat Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a military veteran, along with most Democrats.
Fellow Hawaii Democrat and veteran Mark Takai was absent for the vote.
