HR 1850
105th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Defense industries
Government Operations and Politics
Industrial engineering
Inventories
Logistics
Maintenance and repair
Military and naval supplies
Military spare parts
Privatization
Storage
To require the Secretary of Defense to plan and carry out pilot projects to test various "best business practices" for defense inventory management.
Introduced: June 10, 1997
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 10, 1997
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
Jul 3, 1997
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Jun 10, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on National Security.
Jun 10, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct pilot projects to test various techniques to improve defense inventory management. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a plan for carrying out such projects; (2) provide the Comptroller General with access to plan development information; (3) submit the developed plan to specified congressional committees; and (4) provide such committees with a progress report six months after the pilot projects begin.
Directs the Comptroller General to transmit to such committees an assessment of the plan and appropriate recommendations.
What's happening now
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
Committees of jurisdiction
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