PROTECT Act of 2008

Summary

Providing Responsible Oversight and Testing of Equipment for Combat Troops Act of 2008 or the PROTECT Act of 2008 - Removes provisions requiring the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation in the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide guidance to and consult with the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and the Secretaries of the military departments with respect to operational test and evaluation or survivability testing (or both) in the DOD of force protection equipment (including nonlethal weapons). Adds items of (or key components of) personal equipment designed to provide some degree of protection to the user in combat to provisions requiring survivability and lethality testing before full-scale production.

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Timeline

1. 23 April 2008

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 23 April 2008

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 23 April 2008

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 7 May 2008

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 23 April 2008 · Download file

Documents

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Sponsors

• Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] · D · Sponsor
• ROBERT BRADY · D · Sponsor
• Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
• Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2] · D · Cosponsor
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