H.R. 1864: To direct the Secretary of Defense to designate a single senior official of the Department of Defense to procure wideband satellite communications necessary to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
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H.R. 1864: To direct the Secretary of Defense to designate a single senior official of the Department of Defense to procure wideband satellite communications necessary to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-16 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
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- Who proposed it: Rep. Bridenstine, Jim [R-OK-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
To direct the Secretary of Defense to designate a single senior official of the Department of Defense to procure wideband satellite communications necessary to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Plain summary
This bill directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to: (1) designate a senior DOD official to procure wide band satellite communications necessary to meet DOD requirements, including those for military and commercial satellite communications; and (2) submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to meet such requirements.
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Official text
To direct the Secretary of Defense to designate a single senior official of the Department of Defense to procure wideband satellite communications necessary to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Bridenstine, Jim [R-OK-1] · 2 cosponsors
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Mike Rogers (R-AL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr1864.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr1864 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114