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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 respon-
sible for explosive ordnance disposal. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Department of the Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal 
Enterprise Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF 
THE ARMY AS PRINCIPAL OFFICIAL RESPON-
SIBLE FOR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7014 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary of the Army shall designate 
the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army as the official 
within the Office of the Secretary of the Army with prin-
cipal responsibility for the explosive ordnance disposal en-
terprise of the Army. 
‘‘(2) The responsibilities of the Deputy Under 
Secretary of the Army under this subsection shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) providing oversight and strategic di-
rection for the management and operations of 
the explosive ordnance disposal enterprise of the 
Army, including planning, programming, budg-
eting, and execution; 
‘‘(B) providing strategic direction for the 
funding of the enterprise, including funding 
for— 
‘‘(i) manning, training, organizing, 
equipping (including any associated re-
search and development), and sustaining 
the enterprise; and 
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‘‘(ii) supporting military installations 
that comprise the enterprise; 
‘‘(C) providing strategic direction for the 
activities of the enterprise in providing explosive 
ordinance disposal support for— 
‘‘(i) the President; 
‘‘(ii) combatant commanders; 
‘‘(iii) military installations; and 
‘‘(iv) civilian law enforcement agencies 
(in accordance with sections 282 and 283 
of this title); and 
‘‘(D) providing strategic direction on the 
activities of the enterprise over the full range of 
military operations from irregular warfare to 
large-scale ground combat. 
‘‘(3) On an annual basis, the Deputy Under 
Secretary of the Army shall provide to the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a briefing on the status of the ex-
plosive ordnance disposal enterprise of the Army. 
The briefing shall include, with respect to the period 
covered by the most recent future-years defense pro-
gram submitted to Congress under section 221 of 
this title (as of the date of the briefing), an estimate 
of the total obligatory authority for the enterprise 
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and the numbers and types of personnel expected to 
be assigned to the enterprise. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the terms ‘explosive 
ordnance’ and ‘explosive ordnance disposal’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 2284(d).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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