Time to Roll Up Your Sleeves

[Seashore]

Originally Posted by seashore

...blog article...

...Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act...includes language indicating young people will be forced to participate in mandatory national service programs...

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...I want to be able to identify the language...that points to mandatory service.

I don't believe this legislation calls for mandatory service. The linked blog article above quoted another article that stated:

"Under section 6140 of the bill, entitled 'Duties,' in subsection B6, the legislation states that a commission will be set up to investigate, 'Whether a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people could be developed...'"

So the legislation only says that a commission would be set up to investigate a mandatory service requirement. To me it's not mandatory...yet.

Also, I can't find a section 6104 subsection B6 in the bill. (Although the article stating that information was dated 3/19/09 and was written after the House passed it. Since then the legislation became law when the President signed it on 4/21/09 according to this link:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1388


Here's the full text of the final bill:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...bill=h111-1388

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The article quoted in the blog article also mentions a Senate bill: the Serve America Act (S. 277). It evidently is pending:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-277


Anyone know anything about this one?