[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4590 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4590

 To require that reimbursement provided to members of the Armed Forces 
who purchased their own protective body armor when military-issue body 
armor was unavailable include reimbursement for the cost to deliver the 
                       body armor to the member.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2004

 Mr. Ackerman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require that reimbursement provided to members of the Armed Forces 
who purchased their own protective body armor when military-issue body 
armor was unavailable include reimbursement for the cost to deliver the 
                       body armor to the member.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO PURCHASED 
              PROTECTIVE BODY ARMOR DURING SHORTAGE OF DEFENSE STOCKS 
              OF BODY ARMOR.

    Any reimbursement provided by the Secretary of Defense to a member 
of the Armed Forces for the cost of protective body armor purchased by 
the member, or by another person on behalf of the member, for use by 
the member while deployed in connection with Operation Noble Eagle, 
Operation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom shall include 
reimbursement for any costs incurred by the member, or by another 
person on behalf of the member, to deliver the body armor to the 
member.
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