3.0.0 2473 2023-01-11T13:19:12Z 2023-01-11T13:19:12Z House H HR 2009-05-19 111 hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas25 Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee Referred to 2009-06-08T16:48:31Z Referred to 2009-05-19T14:30:47Z 2009-06-08 hsas25 Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces. Committee 2009-05-19 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2009-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000465 Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5] Niki Tsongas D MA 5 N Armed Forces and National Security Defense spending Department of Defense Executive agency funding and structure Military procurement, research, weapons development Research and development Armed Forces and National Security 00 2009-05-19 Introduced in House 2009-06-09T20:27:21Z Directs the Secretary of Defense, with respect to the defense budget for FY2011 and thereafter, to ensure that within the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) account for each military department, a separate, dedicated program element is assigned to: (1) the RDT&E of body armor; and (2) the procurement of body armor.

Requires the Secretary to ensure that, from amounts authorized for RDT&E, necessary sums are available for: (1) research and development of lighter body armor while maintaining equivalent level of threat protection to the improved outer tactical vest and enhanced small arms protective inserts; and (2) the creation of a task force to carry out the RDT&E of lighter body armor.

]]> To improve Department of Defense policies relating to body armor. Display Title To improve Department of Defense policies relating to body armor. Official Title as Introduced To improve Department of Defense policies relating to body armor. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2009-05-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2473ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2473ih.xml 2009-06-08 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.