To extend the period during which members of the Armed Forces deployed in contingency operations may request and receive reimbursement for helmet pads, which are designed to better protect the wearer from bomb blasts than military-issued pads, that are purchased by or for the use of such members.

Amends the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 to extend the period during which members of the Armed Forces deployed in connection with Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, or Iraqi Freedom may request and receive reimbursement for purchasing protective helmet pads.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5897 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5897

To extend the period during which members of the Armed Forces deployed 
  in contingency operations may request and receive reimbursement for 
helmet pads, which are designed to better protect the wearer from bomb 
blasts than military-issued pads, that are purchased by or for the use 
                            of such members.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2006

  Ms. Hooley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend the period during which members of the Armed Forces deployed 
  in contingency operations may request and receive reimbursement for 
helmet pads, which are designed to better protect the wearer from bomb 
blasts than military-issued pads, that are purchased by or for the use 
                            of such members.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR HELMET PADS 
              PURCHASED BY OR FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED 
              IN CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.

    Section 351 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375; 118 Stat. 1857) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting before the period at 
        the end the following: ``, or September 30, 2008, in the case 
        of the purchase of protective helmet pads'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by inserting before the period at 
        the end the following: ``or one year after the date on which 
        the purchase of the protective, safety, or health equipment was 
        made, whichever occurs last''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following 
        new sentence: ``Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply in the case 
        of the purchase of protective helmet pads by or on behalf of a 
        member.''.
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