[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 358 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 358

To ensure the safety of members of the United States Armed Forces while 
     using expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment 
         supporting United States military operations overseas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 30, 2009

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Pryor, and Mrs. McCaskill) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure the safety of members of the United States Armed Forces while 
     using expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment 
         supporting United States military operations overseas.

    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 ``Ensuring Safe Facilities and 
Equipment for American Troops Overseas Act''.

SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION OF SAFETY OF EXPEDITIONARY FACILITIES, 
              INFRASTRUCTURE, AND EQUIPMENT SUPPORTING UNITED STATES 
              MILITARY OPERATIONS OVERSEAS.

    (a) Certification Required.--In order to ensure the safe 
utilization by the Armed Forces of expeditionary facilities, 
infrastructure, and equipment supporting United States military 
operations overseas, the Secretary of Defense shall certify to the 
congressional defense committees, by not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, that each of the following actions 
have been accomplished:
            (1) That generally accepted industry standards for the 
        safety of personnel are incorporated into military regulations 
        establishing requirements for facilities, infrastructure, and 
        equipment, including standards with respect to fire protection 
        and structural integrity, and standards with respect to 
        electrical systems, water treatment, and telecommunication 
        networks.
            (2) That each contract or task or delivery order carried 
        out for the construction, installation, repair, maintenance, or 
        operation of expeditionary facilities for the Armed Forces 
        overseas incorporates generally accepted industry standards for 
        the safety of personnel utilizing such facilities.
            (3) That the standards required under paragraphs (1) and 
        (2) apply in all current and future United States military 
        operations overseas.
    (b) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that 
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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