[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 5875 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5875

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that personal 
protective equipment undergoes survivability testing before full-scale 
                              production.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2008

Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
 Gonzalez, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Klein of Florida, 
   Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Tauscher, Ms. Shea-
Porter, Mr. Holt, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr. Shays, and Mr. Spratt) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that personal 
protective equipment undergoes survivability testing before full-scale 
                              production.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Providing Responsible Oversight and 
Testing of Equipment for Combat Troops Act of 2008'' or the ``PROTECT 
Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO UNDERGO SURVIVABILITY TESTING 
              BEFORE FULL-SCALE PRODUCTION.

    (a) Authority of Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.--
Section 139(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (3); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as (3) 
        through (6), respectively.
    (b) Survivability Testing Required.--Section 2366(e)(1) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) The term `covered system' means--
                    ``(A) a vehicle, weapon platform, or conventional 
                weapon system--
                            ``(i) that includes features designed to 
                        provide some degree of protection to users in 
                        combat; and
                            ``(ii) that is a major system within the 
                        meaning of that term in section 2302(5) of this 
                        title; or
                    ``(B) any item of (or key component of) personal 
                equipment designed to provide some degree of protection 
                to the user in combat.''.
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