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HR 588 IH
To extend the period during which members of the Armed Forces deployed in contingency operations may request and receive reimbursement for helmet pads, which are designed to better protect the wearer from bomb blasts than military-issued pads, that are purchased by or for the use of such members.
January 19, 2007
Ms. HOOLEY (for herself, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. PATRICK MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. STARK, and Mr. MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
To extend the period during which members of the Armed Forces deployed in contingency operations may request and receive reimbursement for helmet pads, which are designed to better protect the wearer from bomb blasts than military-issued pads, that are purchased by or for the use of such members.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR HELMET PADS PURCHASED BY OR FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.
Section 351 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375; 118 Stat. 1857) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting before the period at the end the following: `, or September 30, 2008, in the case of the purchase of protective helmet pads';
(2) in subsection (c), by inserting before the period at the end the following: `or one year after the date on which the purchase of the protective, safety, or health equipment was made, whichever occurs last'; and
(3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following new sentence: `Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply in the case of the purchase of protective helmet pads by or on behalf of a member.'.
