Rent the Camo: Access to Maternity Wear Act

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7289 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7289

 To direct the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency to carry out a 
pilot program for temporary issuance of maternity-related uniform items 
    to pregnant members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2020

 Ms. Haaland (for herself, Mr. Waltz, and Ms. Houlahan) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency to carry out a 
pilot program for temporary issuance of maternity-related uniform items 
    to pregnant members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rent the Camo: Access to Maternity 
Wear Act''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR TEMPORARY ISSUANCE OF MATERNITY-RELATED 
              UNIFORM ITEMS.

    (a) Pilot Program.--The Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, 
in coordination with the Secretaries concerned, shall carry out a pilot 
program under which each Secretary concerned shall establish an office 
for issuing maternity-related uniform items to pregnant members of the 
Armed Forces, on a temporary basis and at no cost to such member. In 
carrying out the pilot program, the Director shall take the following 
actions:
            (1) The Director shall ensure that such offices maintain a 
        stock of each type of maternity-related uniform item determined 
        necessary by the Secretary concerned, including service 
        uniforms items, utility uniform items, and other items relating 
        to the command and duty assignment of the member requiring 
        issuance.
            (2) The Director shall ensure that such items have not been 
        treated with the chemical permethrin.
            (3) The Director, in coordination with the Secretary 
        concerned, shall determine a standard number of maternity-
        related uniform items that may be issued per member.
            (4) The Secretary concerned shall ensure that any member 
        receiving a maternity-related uniform item returns such item to 
        the relevant office established under paragraph (1) on the date 
        on which the Secretary concerned determines the member no 
        longer requires such item.
            (5) The Secretary concerned shall inspect, process, repair, 
        clean, and re-stock items returned by a member pursuant to 
        paragraph (4) for re-issuance from such relevant office.
            (6) The Director, in coordination with the Secretaries 
        concerned, may issue such guidance and regulations as necessary 
        to carry out the pilot program.
    (b) Termination.--No maternity-related uniform items may be issued 
to a member of the Armed Forces under the pilot program after September 
30, 2026.
    (c) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2025, the Director of the 
Defense Logistics Agency, in coordination with the Secretaries 
concerned, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report on the pilot program. Such report shall include each of the 
following:
            (1) For each year during which the pilot program was 
        carried out, the number of members of the Armed Forces who 
        received a maternity-related uniform item under the pilot 
        program.
            (2) An overview of the costs associated with, and any 
        savings realized by, the pilot program, including a comparison 
        of the cost of maintaining a stock of maternity-related uniform 
        items for issuance under the pilot program versus the cost of 
        providing allowances to members for purchasing such items.
            (3) A recommendation on whether the pilot program should be 
        extended after the date of termination under subsection (b) and 
        whether legislation is necessary for such extension.
            (4) Any other matters that the Secretary of Defense 
        determines appropriate.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for fiscal 
year 2021, $10,000,000 shall be available for implementation of the 
pilot program.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``congressional 
defense committees'' and ``Secretary concerned'' have the meaning given 
those terms in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.
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