Stepping up for American Workers and Troops Act

Bill: 114-hr-4935
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2016-04-13
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Buy American requirements

Military personnel and dependents

Military procurement, research, weapons development

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Stepping up for American Workers and Troops Act</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the the Department of Defense (DOD), in the case of athletic footwear needed by members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces, to: (1) furnish such footwear directly instead of providing a cash allowance to the service members to purchase such footwear, and (2) comply with American source requirements in procuring such footwear.</p> <p>A cash allowance may be provided for the purchase of footwear that is medically required to meet a service member's unique physiological needs that cannot be met with footwear furnished by DOD. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4935 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 13, 2016 Ms. Tsongas (for herself, Mr. Poliquin , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Jones , Mr. Huizenga of Michigan , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , and Mr. Moulton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 37, United States Code, to require compliance with domestic source requirements for footwear furnished to enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stepping up for American Workers and Troops Act . 2. Compliance with domestic source requirements for footwear furnished to enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces Section 418 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) (1) In the case of athletic footwear needed by members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps upon their initial entry into the armed forces, the Secretary of Defense shall furnish such footwear directly to the members instead of providing a cash allowance to the members for the purchase of such footwear. (2) In procuring athletic footwear to comply with paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall comply with the requirements of section 2533a of title 10, without regard to the applicability of any simplified acquisition threshold under chapter 137 of title 10 (or any other provision of law). (3) This subsection does not prohibit the provision of a cash allowance to a member described in paragraph (1) for the purchase of athletic footwear if such footwear— (A) is medically required to meet unique physiological needs of the member; and (B) cannot be met with athletic footwear that complies with the requirements of this subsection. .