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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1979

93 STAT. 816

Legislative proposals, transmittal to Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 96-107—NOV. 9, 1979 procedures, and the impact of such alternative methods on other constitutional issues; (3) the desirability of the enactment of authority for the President to induct persons registered under such Act for training and service in the Armea Forces during any period with respect to which the President determines that such authority is required in the interest of the national defense; (4) whether women should be subject to registration under such Act and to induction for training and service in the Armed Forces under such Act; (5) the desirability and feasibility of providing authority for the President to induct persons into the Individual Ready Reserve; (6) whether persons registered under such Act shoiud also be immediately classified and examined or whether classification and examination of registrants should be subject to the discretion of the President; (7) such changes in the organization and operation of the Selective Service System as the President determines are necessary to enable the Selective Service System to meet the personnel requirements of the Armed Forces during a mobilization in a more efficient and expeditious manner than is presently possible; (8) the desirability, in the interest of preserving discipline and morale in the Armed Forces, of establishing a national youth service program permitting volunteer work, for either public or private public service agencies, as an alternative to military service; (9) such other changes in existing law relating to registration, classification, selection, and induction as the President considers appropriate; and (10) other possible procedures that could be established to enable the Armed Forces to meet their personnel requirements. (b) The President shall transmit with the plan required by subsection (a) proposals for such legislation as may be necessary to implement the plan and to revise and modernize the Military Selective Service Act. (c) The plan required by subsection (a), together with the proposed legislation required by subsection (b), shall be transmitted to the Congress not later than January 15, 1980, or the end of the threemonth period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later. PRESERVATION OF SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM AS AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY

SEC. 812. Section 1 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f) The Congress further declares that the Selective Service System should remain administratively independent of any other agency, including the Department of Defense.". STUDY OF TITAN II MISSILE SYSTEMS Report to congressional committees.

SEC. 813. The Secretary of the Air Force shall conduct an investigation of Titan II missile systems located within the United States to assess the physical condition of those facilities and components thereof as well as relevant maintenance procedures. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the findings of