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HCONRES 391 108th Congress House

Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the well-being of members of the Armed Forces and calling on the Department of Defense to do its utmost to see that deployed military personnel have the…

Official title: Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the well-being of members of the Armed Forces and calling on the Department of Defense to do its utmost to see that… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the well-being of members of the Armed Forces and calling on the Department of Defense to do its utmost to see that deployed military personnel have the best force protection equipment the Nation can make available, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 20, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Apr 22, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2341-2342)
Mar 25, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces.
Mar 18, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 18, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 22, 2004

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2341-2342)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the well-being of deployed U.S. armed forces is of paramount importance; (2) the Department of Defense (DOD) should do its utmost to see that such personnel have the best force protection equipment available; (3) DOD and the military departments should increase the ability of currently unarmored vehicles that are deployed forward under Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom to resist improvised explosive devices; and (4) DOD should immediately release to the military departments all funds that have been authorized and appropriated, but not released, for defeating such improvised explosive devices and mitigating their effect on vehicles.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 9
D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Sep 8, 2004
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 18, 2004
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 13, 2004
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 6, 2004
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 6, 2004
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 6, 2004
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 20, 2004
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 20, 2004
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Mar 18, 2004
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 391: Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the well-being of members of the Armed Forces and calling on the Department of Defense to do its utmost to see that deployed military personnel have the best force protection equipment the Nation can make available, and for other purposes.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-391/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 391: Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the well-being of members of the Armed Forces and calling on the Department of Defense to do its utmost to see that deployed military personnel have the best force protection equipment the Nation can make available, and for other purposes.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-391/.
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H. Con. Res. 391, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-391/.
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[H. Con. Res. 391: Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the well-being of members of the Armed Forces and calling on the Department of Defense to do its utmost to see that deployed military personnel have the best force protection equipment the Nation can make available, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-391/)
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