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To ensure the safety of members of the United States Armed Forces while using expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment supporting United States military operations overseas.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

January 30, 2009CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. PRYOR, and Mrs. MCCASKILL) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed ServicesCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To ensure the safety of members of the United States Armed Forces while using expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment supporting United States military operations overseas.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Ensuring Safe Facilities and Equipment for American Troops Overseas Act’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION OF SAFETY OF EXPEDITIONARY FACILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND EQUIPMENT SUPPORTING UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS OVERSEAS.

(a) Certification Required- In order to ensure the safe utilization by the Armed Forces of expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment supporting United States military operations overseas, the Secretary of Defense shall certify to the congressional defense committees, by not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, that each of the following actions have been accomplished:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) That generally accepted industry standards for the safety of personnel are incorporated into military regulations establishing requirements for facilities, infrastructure, and equipment, including standards with respect to fire protection and structural integrity, and standards with respect to electrical systems, water treatment, and telecommunication networks.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) That each contract or task or delivery order carried out for the construction, installation, repair, maintenance, or operation of expeditionary facilities for the Armed Forces overseas incorporates generally accepted industry standards for the safety of personnel utilizing such facilities.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) That the standards required under paragraphs (1) and (2) apply in all current and future United States military operations overseas.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Congressional Defense Committees Defined- In this section, the term ‘congressional defense committees’ has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink