3.0.0 5875 2021-09-29T17:11:38Z 2021-09-29T17:11:38Z House H HR 2008-04-23 110 hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas25 Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee Referred to 2008-05-07T18:56:07Z Referred to 2008-04-23T14:00:10Z 2008-05-07 hsas25 Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces. Committee 2008-04-23 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2008-04-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001069 Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] Joe Courtney D CT 2 N B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2008-04-23 True D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 2008-04-23 True G000544 Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] CHARLES GONZALEZ D TX A. 20 2008-04-23 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2008-04-23 True H001030 Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9] BARON HILL D IN P. 9 2008-04-23 True H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2008-04-23 True K000366 Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22] Ron Klein D FL 22 2008-04-23 True L000557 Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] JOHN LARSON D CT B. 1 2008-04-23 True M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2008-04-23 True T000057 Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] ELLEN TAUSCHER D CA O. 10 2008-04-23 True S001170 Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] Carol Shea-Porter D NH 1 2008-04-23 True H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2008-04-23 True M001169 Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 5 2008-04-23 True S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2008-04-23 True S000749 Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] JOHN SPRATT D SC M. 5 2008-04-23 True A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 2008-04-24 False B001258 Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2] Nancy Boyda D KS E. 2 2008-04-30 False H001042 Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2 2008-05-06 False B001245 Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] Madeleine Bordallo D GU Z. 0 2008-05-06 False S000672 Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2] VICTOR SNYDER D AR F. 2 2008-05-13 False Armed Forces and National Security Commerce Military and naval supplies Military research Quality of products Research and development Safety appliances Science, Technology, Communications Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-04-23 Introduced in House 2008-07-23T19:32:12Z Providing Responsible Oversight and Testing of Equipment for Combat Troops Act of 2008 or the PROTECT Act of 2008 - Removes provisions requiring the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation in the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide guidance to and consult with the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and the Secretaries of the military departments with respect to operational test and evaluation or survivability testing (or both) in the DOD of force protection equipment (including nonlethal weapons).

Adds items of (or key components of) personal equipment designed to provide some degree of protection to the user in combat to provisions requiring survivability and lethality testing before full-scale production.

]]> PROTECT Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Providing Responsible Oversight and Testing of Equipment for Combat Troops Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced PROTECT Act of 2008 Display Title PROTECT Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that personal protective equipment undergoes survivability testing before full-scale production. Introduced in House 2008-04-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5875ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5875ih.xml 2008-05-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.