[mnehring]

Indentured Servitude. - An indentured servant is a form of debt bondage worker. The laborer is under contract of an employer for usually three to seven years, in exchange for their transportation, food, drink, clothing, lodging and other necessities. Unlike a slave, an indentured servant is required to work only for a limited term specified in a signed contract.

[Myrddin]

Indentured servitude was a voluntary contract designed to obtain a valuable reward (freedom, transport to another country). If the bill makes it "mandatory", it's not a voluntary contract. It is forced conscription by the government. Involuntary servitude. Forced to work for some reason concocted by the government, not the individual who has been conscripted.

My great grandfather conscripted himself to the ship's company in exchange for his passage from Liverpool to the United States. The term of the "contract" was the voyage. His labor on the ship was exchanged for the passage, food and lodging.