Ensuring Safe Facilities and Equipment for American Troops Overseas Act

Summary

Ensuring Safe Facilities and Equipment for American Troops Overseas Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense, in order to ensure the safe utilization by the Armed Forces of expeditionary facilities, infrastructure, and equipment supporting U.S. military operations overseas, to certify to the congressional defense committees that: (1) generally accepted industry safety standards are incorporated into military regulations establishing requirements for such facilities, infrastructure, and equipment; (2) each contract or task or delivery order for the construction, installation, repair, maintenance, or operation of overseas expeditionary facilities incorporates such industry standards; and (3) such standards apply in all current and future U.S. military operations overseas.

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Timeline

1. 30 January 2009

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 30 January 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 30 January 2009 · Official file

Documents

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Sponsors

• John Cornyn · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] · ID · Sponsor
• Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
• Ron Wyden · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
• John Thune · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssas00 · Standing

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