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A bill to prohibit the Secretaries of the military departments from contracting out firefighting and base security functions at military installations and to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from…

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A bill to prohibit the Secretaries of the military departments from contracting out firefighting and base security functions at military installations and to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from contracting out such functions at installations of the Department of Energy at which functions relating to the military applications of nuclear energy are carried out.

Introduced: March 4, 1982 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
Mar 11, 1982
Executive Comment Requested from DOD, DOE.
Mar 4, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 4, 1982
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the Secretary of a military department or the Secretary of Energy from contracting out firefighting or security functions at military installations or installations where functions relating to military applications of nuclear energy are performed.

What's happening now March 11, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 29, 1982
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Mar 30, 1982
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 30, 1982
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5728: A bill to prohibit the Secretaries of the military departments from contracting out firefighting and base security functions at military installations and to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from contracting out such functions at installations of the Department of Energy at which functions relating to the military applications of nuclear energy are carried out.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5728/
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"H.R. 5728: A bill to prohibit the Secretaries of the military departments from contracting out firefighting and base security functions at military installations and to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from contracting out such functions at installations of the Department of Energy at which functions relating to the military applications of nuclear energy are carried out.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5728/.
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H.R. 5728, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5728/.
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[H.R. 5728: A bill to prohibit the Secretaries of the military departments from contracting out firefighting and base security functions at military installations and to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from contracting out such functions at installations of the Department of Energy at which functions relating to the military applications of nuclear energy are carried out.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5728/)
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