[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8476 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8476

   To direct the Secretary of the Army to designate the Deputy Under 
 Secretary of the Army as principal official responsible for explosive 
                           ordnance disposal.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2024

 Mr. Crawford (for himself and Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of the Army to designate the Deputy Under 
 Secretary of the Army as principal official responsible for explosive 
                           ordnance disposal.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Department of the 
Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Enterprise Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF THE ARMY AS PRINCIPAL 
              OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL.

    (a) In General.--Section 7014 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g)(1) The Secretary of the Army shall designate the Deputy Under 
Secretary of the Army as the official within the Office of the 
Secretary of the Army with principal responsibility for the explosive 
ordnance disposal enterprise of the Army.
            ``(2) The responsibilities of the Deputy Under Secretary of 
        the Army under this subsection shall include--
                    ``(A) providing oversight and strategic direction 
                for the management and operations of the explosive 
                ordnance disposal enterprise of the Army, including 
                planning, programming, budgeting, and execution;
                    ``(B) providing strategic direction for the funding 
                of the enterprise, including funding for--
                            ``(i) manning, training, organizing, 
                        equipping (including any associated research 
                        and development), and sustaining the 
                        enterprise; and
                            ``(ii) supporting military installations 
                        that comprise the enterprise;
                    ``(C) providing strategic direction for the 
                activities of the enterprise in providing explosive 
                ordinance disposal support for--
                            ``(i) the President;
                            ``(ii) combatant commanders;
                            ``(iii) military installations; and
                            ``(iv) civilian law enforcement agencies 
                        (in accordance with sections 282 and 283 of 
                        this title); and
                    ``(D) providing strategic direction on the 
                activities of the enterprise over the full range of 
                military operations from irregular warfare to large-
                scale ground combat.
            ``(3) On an annual basis, the Deputy Under Secretary of the 
        Army shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
        Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the 
        status of the explosive ordnance disposal enterprise of the 
        Army. The briefing shall include, with respect to the period 
        covered by the most recent future-years defense program 
        submitted to Congress under section 221 of this title (as of 
        the date of the briefing), an estimate of the total obligatory 
        authority for the enterprise and the numbers and types of 
        personnel expected to be assigned to the enterprise.
            ``(4) In this subsection, the terms `explosive ordnance' 
        and `explosive ordnance disposal' have the meanings given those 
        terms in section 2284(d).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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