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S 1051 113th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Buy American requirements Military personnel and dependents Military procurement, research, weapons development

A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure that footwear furnished or obtained by allowance for enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces…

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A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure that footwear furnished or obtained by allowance for enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces complies with domestic source requirements.

Introduced: May 23, 2013 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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May 23, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 23, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3851-3852)
May 23, 2013
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Amends military pay and allowance provisions to require footwear furnished to or obtained by allowance for enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into service to comply with Department of Defense (DOD) requirements concerning the procurement of products through domestic sources (Buy American requirements), without regard to the applicability of any simplified acquisition threshold.

Provides an exception with respect to athletic footwear that is medically required to meet unique physiological needs that cannot be met by footwear complying with such procurement requirements.

What's happening now May 23, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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  • HR 2188 Identical bill To amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure that footwear furnished or obtained by allowance for enlisted members …
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · May 23, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1051: A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure that footwear furnished or obtained by allowance for enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces complies with domestic source requirements.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1051/
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"S. 1051: A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure that footwear furnished or obtained by allowance for enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces complies with domestic source requirements.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1051/.
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S. 1051, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1051/.
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