To abolish the Chemical Corps of the Army and to transfer to the Ordnance Corps of the Army the functions of and members previously assigned to the Chemical Corps.

Bill: 113-hr-5574
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2014-09-18
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense

Executive agency funding and structure
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Abolishes the Army Chemical Corps and transfers its functions to the Army Ordnance Corps. Directs the Secretary of the Army to reassign to the Ordnance Corps all members and officers of the Army who were assigned to the Chemical Corps.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5574 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2014 Mr. Crawford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To abolish the Chemical Corps of the Army and to transfer to the Ordnance Corps of the Army the functions of and members previously assigned to the Chemical Corps.

1. Abolition of Army Chemical Corps (a) Abolition; transfer of functions The Chemical Corps of the Army is hereby abolished. All the functions of the Chemical Corps are hereby transferred to the Ordnance Corps of the Army. The Secretary of the Army shall reassign to the Ordnance Corps all members and officers of the Army who were assigned to the Chemical Corps immediately before the enactment of this Act. (b) Conforming amendment Section 3063(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by— (1) striking paragraph (10); and (2) redesignating paragraphs (11) through (13) as paragraphs (10) through (12), respectively.