GovTrack, a civic project to keep tabs on those congresscritters has posted the text of H.R. 5741, the Universal National Service Act, as submitted by Representative Charles Rangel (NY-15) on 7/15/10. It has since been referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel where it will hopefully die a quick death. But what is H.R. 5741 you might ask? Well, remember when BHO was first talking about having a Civilian Corps as big and strong as the Military? You guessed it! This is the legislation which would draft you into forced servitude to such an entity. But don’t take my word for it! Read it yourself, particularly the opening paragraph

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.

Yes, that’s right. You will be REQUIRED to serve for two years in this entity towards whatever designs BHO has for us. It doesn’t matter if you love it or hate it. You will be required to do so. Well, at least if you are in that age category, which is quite substantive. This is nothing short of a civilian Draft, a topic to which Rangel is no stranger. He has long been a proponent of re-instituting the military, as evidenced by his re-introduction of this similar legislation. He’s already done it 3 other times – H.R. 163 in 2003, H.R. 4752 in 2006, H.R. 393 in 2007, and this latest iteration only a week and a half ago.

It should be noted that the first implementation in 2003 of this proposed legislation had a roll call of 2-402. Only 2 Representatives voted in favor of it… Jack Murtha and Pete Stark. Every other Representative voted against it. But that doesn’t mean anything to Rangel. He went on to bring the same war conscription legislation up again, 3 more times!