HR 5741 Universal National Service Act:H.R. 5741 2-Year Service – A “mandatory service” bill, H.R. 5741, is currently being debated in the House of Representatives. Some have compared the notion to slavery, but many other countries currently require that their citizens serve some type of mandatory service in order to live within the nation’s borders. If the bill did pass, it could affect individuals who are between the ages of 18 and 42 for two years.
The bill would require that people serve two years of mandatory service to the government. The things that each person could do that would qualify as service are huge, and most jobs would relate to national defense and homeland security.

While the chances are slim that the bill would be passed, it certainly does make for an interesting debate. H.R. 5741 would require individuals to serve two years to the government, before being allowed to go off and do their own thing. Some have argued that this violates the constitution and the foundation that the country was built on.
The bill was introduced by Charles Rangel, who is currently under an ethics investigation, and the bill currently has no co-sponsor, suggesting that perhaps there is not very much support for the bill in the government. Similar bills have gone through the house before. previously talked about a similar plan, but his plan only required three months of service for individuals between the ages of 18 and 25.
While the bill has received increased coverage, it is very unlikely that it will ever be passed in its current form.

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Democrat Charles Rangel.

H.R. 5741 will give the president the authority “To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.”

Barely a year after introducing H.R. 1444, which was supposed to form a “Congressional Commission on Civic Service to study methods of improving and promoting volunteerism and national service, and for other purposes”, Congress has upped the ante. Anyone between 18 and 42 will be eligible for a two year commitment of civilian or military service. With more college graduates working for the fast food industry, a depression era unemployment rate and less people retiring; the government will have plenty of eligible able bodies to move into the slave ranks.

This echos the sentiment of President Obama who asked Congress in Febuary 2009 to send him a bipartisan bill in the spirit of national service. His Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel outlined a similar plan in his book The Plan.

But even Emanuel aims low looking at only 18 to 25 year olds for three months of compulsory service. Under this new legislation nearly all, able bodied Americans will be sentenced to two years of forced labor. The infrastructure is already in place for those unwilling to participate in mandatory service and now the army is looking to fill it’s ranks with Interment/Resettlement Specialists.

There are very few loopholes to opt of out national service, even CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS (SEC. 109) will be forced to choose the mandatory option of A. noncombatant service (as defined by the President) or B. national civilian service. It seems the congressional commission on civic service will no longer be needed thanks to the hard work of a suspected Congressional tax cheat from New York.

The slavery bill is currently in debate in the House Committee on Armed Services chaired by Rep Ike Skelton a democrat from Missouri. Those who oppose mandatory slavery should contact Rep. Skelton. Many bills die in committee and this bill should meet the same fate.

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