1st Lt. Hugh Conor McDowell Safety in Armed Forces Equipment Act of 2021
Summary
1st Lt. Hugh Conor McDowell Safety in Armed Forces Equipment Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of the Army and the Department of the Navy to jointly implement a five-year pilot program to evaluate the feasibility of using data recorders to monitor, assess, and improve the readiness and safety of the operation of military tactical vehicles (e.g., Army Strykers). The program must be carried out at not fewer than one military station in the United States that (1) contains the necessary force structure, equipment, and maneuver training ranges to collect necessary driver and vehicle data; and (2) represents at least one of the five training ranges that did not track unit location during training, as identified by the Government Accountability Office.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Aug 27, 2021
Last action Aug 27, 2021
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Committee
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Aug 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
lower
Aug 27, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Anthony G. Brown
DDemocratic
Co
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger
DDemocratic
Co
Robert J. Wittman
RRepublican
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