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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8476 

To direct the Secretary of the Army to designate the Deputy Under Secretary 

of the Army as principal official responsible for explosive ordnance disposal. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2024 

Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself and Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Army to designate the Deputy 

Under Secretary of the Army as principal official responsible for explosive ordnance disposal. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Department of the Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal 

6 Enterprise Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF 

2 THE ARMY AS PRINCIPAL OFFICIAL RESPON3 SIBLE FOR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7014 of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary of the Army shall designate 

8 the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army as the official 

9 within the Office of the Secretary of the Army with prin10 cipal responsibility for the explosive ordnance disposal en11 terprise of the Army. 

12 ‘‘(2) The responsibilities of the Deputy Under 

13 Secretary of the Army under this subsection shall in14 clude— 

15 ‘‘(A) providing oversight and strategic di16 rection for the management and operations of 

17 the explosive ordnance disposal enterprise of the 

18 Army, including planning, programming, budg19 eting, and execution; 

20 ‘‘(B) providing strategic direction for the 

21 funding of the enterprise, including funding 

22 for— 

23 ‘‘(i) manning, training, organizing, 

24 equipping (including any associated re25 search and development), and sustaining 

26 the enterprise; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) supporting military installations 

2 that comprise the enterprise; 

3 ‘‘(C) providing strategic direction for the 

4 activities of the enterprise in providing explosive 

5 ordinance disposal support for— 

6 ‘‘(i) the President; 

7 ‘‘(ii) combatant commanders; 

8 ‘‘(iii) military installations; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) civilian law enforcement agencies 

10 (in accordance with sections 282 and 283 

11 of this title); and 

12 ‘‘(D) providing strategic direction on the 

13 activities of the enterprise over the full range of 

14 military operations from irregular warfare to 

15 large-scale ground combat. 

16 ‘‘(3) On an annual basis, the Deputy Under 

17 Secretary of the Army shall provide to the Commit18 tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 

19 of Representatives a briefing on the status of the ex20 plosive ordnance disposal enterprise of the Army. 

21 The briefing shall include, with respect to the period 

22 covered by the most recent future-years defense pro23 gram submitted to Congress under section 221 of 

24 this title (as of the date of the briefing), an estimate 

25 of the total obligatory authority for the enterprise 


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1 and the numbers and types of personnel expected to 

2 be assigned to the enterprise. 

3 ‘‘(4) In this subsection, the terms ‘explosive 

4 ordnance’ and ‘explosive ordnance disposal’ have the 

5 meanings given those terms in section 2284(d).’’. 

6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

7 subsection (a) shall take effect 180 days after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act. 

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