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H.R. 4935 114th Congress House

Stepping up for American Workers and Troops Act

Official title: To amend title 37, United States Code, to require compliance with domestic source requirements for footwear furnished to enlisted members of the Armed Forces u… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 37, United States Code, to require compliance with domestic source requirements for footwear furnished to enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces.

Introduced: April 29, 2016 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Buy American requirementsMilitary personnel and dependentsMilitary procurement, research, weapons developmentPublic contracts and procurement
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 13, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 13, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stepping up for American Workers and Troops Act

This bill directs the the Department of Defense (DOD), in the case of athletic footwear needed by members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces, to: (1) furnish such footwear directly instead of providing a cash allowance to the service members to purchase such footwear, and (2) comply with American source requirements in procuring such footwear.

A cash allowance may be provided for the purchase of footwear that is medically required to meet a service member's unique physiological needs that cannot be met with footwear furnished by DOD.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 4909 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
  • S 2943 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
  • S 2825 Buy American Act of 2016
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 1
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Apr 29, 2016
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 29, 2016
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Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Apr 13, 2016
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Huizenga, Bill
Michigan · Apr 13, 2016
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Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Apr 13, 2016
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Apr 13, 2016
Poliquin, Bruce
· Apr 13, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4935: Stepping up for American Workers and Troops Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4935/
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"H.R. 4935: Stepping up for American Workers and Troops Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4935/.
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H.R. 4935, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4935/.
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