To direct the Secretary of the Army to seek to enter into certain contracts regarding the self-protective adaptive roller kit II system.

Directs the Secretary of the Army to seek to enter into: (1) a contract with Pearson Engineering Limited of Newcastle, the United Kingdom, for the purchase or unlimited lease of the self-protective adaptive roller kit II system (SPARK) technical data package; and (2) contracts with any domestic manufacturer with the capacity to produce such system. (SPARK systems are mounted on tactical vehicles and used to defeat mines.)

Provides that if no contract is entered into: (1) with a domestic manufacturer within 30 days after entering into the Pearson contract, the Secretary shall terminate the Pearson contract; and (2) with either Pearson or a domestic manufacturer within 30 days, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary of the Navy to procure the Panama City Generation Three roller system.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6157 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6157

   To direct the Secretary of the Army to seek to enter into certain 
 contracts regarding the self-protective adaptive roller kit II system.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2010

Mr. Taylor (for himself and Mr. Skelton) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of the Army to seek to enter into certain 
 contracts regarding the self-protective adaptive roller kit II system.

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

SECTION 1. SELF-PROTECTIVE ADAPTIVE ROLLER KIT II SYSTEM.

    (a) Purchase or Lease of Technical Data Package.--Not later than 10 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and in accordance 
with subsection (b)(2), the Secretary of the Army shall seek to enter 
into a contract with Pearson Engineering Limited of Newcastle, the 
United Kingdom, for the purchase or unlimited lease of the self-
protective adaptive roller kit II system technical data package.
    (b) Procurement of System.--
            (1) Production.--Not later than three days after the date 
        on which the Secretary enters into a contract under subsection 
        (a), the Secretary shall seek to enter into contracts with any 
        domestic manufacturer with capacity to produce the self-
        protective adaptive roller kit II system for the production of 
        such system.
            (2) Termination of technical data package contract.--If no 
        contract is entered into under paragraph (1) by the date that 
        is 30 days after the date on which the Secretary enters into a 
        contract under subsection (a), the Secretary shall terminate 
        the contract entered into under subsection (a).
    (c) Panama City Generation Three.--
            (1) Failure to enter into technical data package 
        contract.--If no contract is entered into under subsection (a) 
        by the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall coordinate with the 
        Secretary of the Navy to procure the Panama City Generation 
        Three roller system.
            (2) Failure to enter into production contract.--If no 
        contract is entered into under subsection (b)(1) by the date 
        that is 30 days after the date on which the Secretary enters 
        into a contract under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army 
        shall coordinate with the Secretary of the Navy to procure the 
        Panama City Generation Three roller system.
    (d) Self-protective Adaptive Roller Kit II System Technical Data 
Package Defined.--In this section, the term ``self-protective adaptive 
roller kit II system technical data package'' means the technical 
drawings, specifications, and other engineering data necessary for the 
production of the self-protective adaptive roller kit II system.
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