The House Armed Services Committee may have passed an amendment to the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill requiring women to sign up for the draft, but debate on the controversial measure is far from over.
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, introduced an amendment to the bill to strike the language added by the committee that would require all 18- to 26-year-old women to register with the Selective Service.
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