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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5558 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5558

To require all high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles of the Army 
to be equipped with an anti-lock brake system and electronic stability 
                  control kit, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 17 (legislative day, December 16), 2024

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

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                                 A BILL

 
To require all high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles of the Army 
to be equipped with an anti-lock brake system and electronic stability 
                  control kit, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL KIT 
              FOR CERTAIN ARMY VEHICLES.

    (a) Requirement.--By not later than September 30, 2033, the 
Secretary of the Army shall ensure that all high-mobility multipurpose 
wheeled vehicles of the Army are equipped with an anti-lock brake 
system and electronic stability control kit.
    (b) Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall 
        submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to carry 
        out subsection (a).
            (2) Elements.--The plan required under paragraph (1) shall 
        include each of the following:
                    (A) A description of the steps required to increase 
                production of anti-lock brake systems and electronic 
                stability control kits and retrofit high-mobility 
                multipurpose wheeled vehicles at Red River Army Depot, 
                Texas, and its associated flyaway teams.
                    (B) An identification of any challenges to meeting 
                the requirement under subsection (a) and a list of 
                steps required to address those challenges.
                    (C) An estimated monthly rate of retrofits needed 
                to meet the requirement under subsection (a).
                    (D) A funding plan for carrying out the steps 
                referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
                    (E) An identification of any authorities or funding 
                required for any secondary destination transportation 
                necessary to carry out the plan.
    (c) Annual Certification.--Not later than each of March 1, 2025, 
March 1, 2026, and March 1, 2027, the Secretary of the Army shall 
certify to the congressional defense committees that the budget of the 
Army will enable the Army to meet the requirement under subsection (a).
    (d) 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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