[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1727 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1727

To require a Comptroller General of the United States report assessing 
       a study of the Army on the Combat vehicle industrial base.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 19, 2013

 Mr. Toomey (for himself and Mr. Casey) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require a Comptroller General of the United States report assessing 
       a study of the Army on the Combat vehicle industrial base.

    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 ``Army Combat Vehicle Industrial Base 
Study Validation Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON ASSESSMENT 
              OF ARMY STUDY ON THE COMBAT VEHICLE INDUSTRIAL BASE.

    (a) Report Required.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting 
forth an assessment by the Comptroller General of the study of the Army 
on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle industrial base submitted to Congress 
pursuant to the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 4310 (112th 
Congress), the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 
(House Report 112-705).
    (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall--
            (1) address each of the combat vehicles included in the 
        study of the Army;
            (2) include an assessment of the reasonableness of the 
        study's methods including, but not limited to the sufficiency, 
        validity, and reliability of the data used to conduct the 
        study; and
            (3) include findings and recommendations on the combat 
        vehicle industrial base, but should not replicate the study of 
        the Army.
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