,,iii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #cdj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august   
#e1 #bjba ,mr4 ,lee 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,rubio1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4 ,hawley1   
,mr4 ,daines1 and ,mr4 ,wicker7         
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,armed ,services  ,,resolution          
,opposing legislation mandating the     
registration of women for the ,selective
 ,service ,system4  ,whereas clause #ab 
of section #h of article ,i of the      
,constitution of the ,united ,states    
empowers ,congress with the             
responsibility to raise and support     
,armies2 ,whereas the ,military         
,selective ,service ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 
#chja et seq47 provides authority to the
 ,president to require the registration 
of male citizens of the ,united ,states1
 between the ages of #ah and #bf1 for   
the ,selective ,service ,system2        
,whereas1 when a draft for training and 
service in the ,armed ,forces has       

commenced under the ,military ,selective
 ,service ,act1 the primary function for
 drafted men is to replace front line   
combatants after casualty losses2       
,whereas1 in ,rostker v4 ,goldberg1 #dec
 ,u4,s4 #eg 7#aiha71 the ,supreme ,court
 of the ,united ,states upheld the      
all-male draft as constitutional and    
held that ,congress had 8determined that
 any future draft1 which would be       
facilitated by the registration scheme1 
would be characterized by a need for    
combat troops02 ,whereas1 in #bjae1     
nearly all combat positions in the      
all-volunteer force within the ,armed   
,forces became open to any woman as long
 as the woman could meet certain        
physical fitness requirements2 ,whereas 
only a small subset of women are able to
 meet the physical fitness requirements 
for combat roles1 and physical          
disadvantages between men and women     
often result in excessive fatigue and   
more frequent injuries to women2        
,whereas the ,ground ,combat ,element   

,integrated ,task ,force within the     
,united ,states ,marine ,corps found    
that the musculoskeletal rate of injury 
for a woman was nearly twice the rate of
 injury for a man1 and research at the  
,infantry ,training ,battalion found    
that the rate of injury for an enlisted 
woman was #f times the rate of injury   
for a man2 ,whereas the results of      
,united ,states ,marine ,corps research 
led ,general ,joseph ,f4 ,dunford1 ,jr41
 a former commandant of the ,united     
,states ,marine ,corps1 to seek an      
exemption to ensure certain ,marine     
combat roles were only available to men2
 ,whereas all members of ,congress      
should have the opportunity to review   
the rationale provided by ,general      
,dunford for requesting the exemption2  
,whereas1 in #bjah1 the ,united ,states 
,army replaced the gender-separate ,army
 ,physical ,fitness ,test with the      
gender-neutral ,army ,combat ,fitness   
,test2 ,whereas ,united ,states ,army   
data has demonstrated a fail rate       

ranging between #fe percent and #hd     
percent for women and between #aj       
percent and #cj percent for men on the  
,army ,combat ,fitness ,test since its  
inception2 and ,whereas mandating the   
registration of women for the ,selective
 ,service ,system has the potential to  
unduly increase the fatality and injury 
risks of women in the ,united ,states   
and hinder combat unit readiness in     
battle3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that it
 is the sense of the ,senate that the   
,senate should not pass legislation     
mandating the registration of women for 
the ,selective ,service ,system4