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                                            AN ACT

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                   IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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To amend section 3(b) of the State Education Office Establishment Act of 2000 to require the

      Office of the State Superintendent of Education to create and implement a Selective

      Service awareness campaign.

       BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this

act may be cited as the Selective Service Federal Benefits Awareness Amendment Act of

2022.

        Sec. 2. Section 3(b) of the State Education Office Establishment Act of 2000, effective

October 21, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-176; D.C. Official Code  38-2602(b)), is amended by adding a

new paragraph (30A) to read as follows:

                (30A)(A) In consultation with the District of Columbia Department of Motor

Vehicles, create and implement a Selective Service awareness campaign (campaign).

                       (B) The campaign shall include the following information:

                               (i) Who is required, under federal law, to register for Selective

Service and the penalties for failing for register;

                               (ii) When an individual required to register for Selective Service

must do so;

                               (iii) Clear step-by-step guidance on how to register; and

                               (iv) An explanation of the programs and opportunities for which

an individual will not be eligible if the individual does not register for the Selective Service.

                       (C) As part of the campaign established in subparagraph (A) of this

paragraph, ensure that all individuals currently enrolled in a District of Columbia public or

public charter school who are required to register for Selective Service in compliance with the

requirements of section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, approved June 24, 1948 (62 Stat.

605; 50 U.S.C. App.  453), are notified of the registration requirement within 30 days of the

individuals 18th birthday.

                       (D) By March 30th of each year, using information requested and

obtained from the Selective Service, compile and transmit to the Council a report detailing:

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                               (i) The total number of District residents who registered in the

previous calendar year;

                               (ii) The barriers to Selective Service registration;

                               (iii) The Districts efforts to increase Selective Service

registration during the preceding calendar year, and

                               (iv) How the District plans to increase registration in the current

year;.

       Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement.

       The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal

impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975,

approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code  1-301.47a).

       Sec. 4. Effective date.

       This act shall take effect following approval of the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the

Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review as

provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December

24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C Official Code  1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of

Columbia Register.

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               Chairman

               Council of the District of Columbia

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Mayor

District of Columbia

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