To encourage the Secretary of the Army to support the implementation of hybrid-electric engine technology within the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle fleet, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-9294
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2024-08-02
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2024-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-08-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of the Army should support the implementation of hybrid-electric engine technology within its High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle fleet.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9294 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 2, 2024 Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To encourage the Secretary of the Army to support the implementation of hybrid-electric engine technology within the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle fleet, and for other purposes.

1. Sense of Congress on use of hybrid-electric engine technology in military wheeled vehicles It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the use of hybrid-electric propulsion technology in military wheeled vehicles has been shown to provide enhanced lethality to warfighters compared to the use of conventional engine technology in such vehicles; and (2) the Secretary of the Army should support efforts to implement hybrid-electric engine technology within the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle fleet of the Army.