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H.R. 5875: PROTECT Act of 2008

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H.R. 5875: PROTECT Act of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2008-04-23 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-04-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

PROTECT Act of 2008

Plain summary

Providing Responsible Oversight and Testing of Equipment for Combat Troops Act of 2008 or the PROTECT Act of 2008 - Removes provisions requiring the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation in the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide guidance to and consult with the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and the Secretaries of the military departments with respect to operational test and evaluation or survivability testing (or both) in the DOD of force protection equipment (including nonlethal weapons). Adds items of (or key components of) personal equipment designed to provide some degree of protection to the user in combat to provisions requiring survivability and lethality testing before full-scale production.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

PROTECT Act of 2008

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] · 20 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), John B. Larson (D-CT), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] reported raising $966,514 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr5875 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110