[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1223 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1223

  To require the Secretary of the Army to expand the First Sergeants 
Barracks Initiative (FSBI) throughout the Army in order to improve the 
      quality of life and living environments for single soldiers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2009

 Ms. Foxx (for herself, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
   Engel, and Mr. Kissell) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of the Army to expand the First Sergeants 
Barracks Initiative (FSBI) throughout the Army in order to improve the 
      quality of life and living environments for single soldiers.

    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 ``Sustain, Support and Defend Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF FIRST SERGEANTS BARRACKS INITIATIVE.

    (a) Expansion of Initiative.--Not later than September 30, 2011, 
the Secretary of the Army shall expand the First Sergeants Barracks 
Initiative (FSBI) to include all Army installations in order to improve 
the quality of life and living environments for single soldiers.
    (b) Progress Reports.--Not later than February 15, 2010, and 
February 15, 2011, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to Congress a 
report describing the progress made in expanding the First Sergeants 
Barracks Initiative to all Army installations, including whether the 
Secretary anticipates meeting the deadline imposed by subsection (a).
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