Department of the Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Enterprise Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8476 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8476 To direct the Secretary of the Army to designate the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army as principal official responsible for explosive ordnance disposal. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2024 Mr. Crawford (for himself and Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Army to designate the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army as principal official responsible for explosive ordnance disposal. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Department of the Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Enterprise Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF THE ARMY AS PRINCIPAL OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL. (a) In General.--Section 7014 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(g)(1) The Secretary of the Army shall designate the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army as the official within the Office of the Secretary of the Army with principal responsibility for the explosive ordnance disposal enterprise of the Army. ``(2) The responsibilities of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army under this subsection shall include-- ``(A) providing oversight and strategic direction for the management and operations of the explosive ordnance disposal enterprise of the Army, including planning, programming, budgeting, and execution; ``(B) providing strategic direction for the funding of the enterprise, including funding for-- ``(i) manning, training, or