Universal National Service Act of 2010
The Universal National Service Act of 2007 (H.R. 5741) is a bill introduced by Charles B. Rangel in the United States House of Representatives on July 15, 2010. It again proposes the requirement that all residents - male and female - in the United States aged between 18 and 42 carry out national service for a period of two years, in the event of a war or national emergency, as declared by the president. It allows no deferments after age 20.
The bill, however, was dismissed at the end of the 111th Congress session.
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