,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #baii  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bf      
7legislative day1 ,june #bd71 #bjbe,ms4 
,duckworth 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,king1 and
 ,ms4 ,collins7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,armed ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,defense to issue regulations requiring
 that optional combat boots worn by     
members of the ,armed ,forces wear be   
made in the ,united ,states1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,regulations       
applicable to combat footwear of members
 of all branches of the ,armed ,forces  
7a7 ,in general ,not later than two     
years after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense  
shall issue regulations prohibiting any 
member of the ,armed ,forces from       
wearing optional combat boots as part of
 a required uniform unless the optional 
combat boots are entirely manufactured  
in the ,united ,states and entirely made

 of-- 7#a7 materials grown1 reprocessed1
 reused1 or produced in the ,united     
,states2 and  7#b7 components that are  
manufactured entirely in the ,united    
,states and entirely made of materials  
described in paragraph 7#a74  7b7       
,availability exemption  7#a7 ,in       
general ,a ,secretary concerned may make
 a determination described in subsection
 7c7 of section #dhfb of title #aj1     
,united ,states ,code1 with respect to  
optional combat boots designed for a    
specific use and a specific need of the 
,department of ,defense in the same     
manner as an article or item under      
subsection 7a7 of such section4  7#b7   
,applicability ,if a ,secretary         
concerned makes a determination         
described in paragraph 7#a7 with respect
 to optional combat boots designed for a
 specific use and a specific need of the
 ,department of ,defense1 the ,secretary
 concerned may waive the prohibition    
under subsection 7a7 with respect to    
such optional combat boots designed for 

a specific use to the extent necessary  
to meet such need4  7c7 ,medical        
exemption ,the prohibition under        
subsection 7a7 shall not apply to the   
wearing of optional combat boots by a   
member of the ,armed ,forces if such    
optional combat boots are medically     
necessary to meet a unique physiological
 need of such member of the ,armed      
,forces4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this     
section3 7#a7 ,armed forces2 ,secretary 
concerned ,the terms ,armed ,forces and 
,secretary concerned have the meanings  
given such terms1 respectively1 in      
section #aja7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united  
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,optional combat   
boots ,the term optional combat boots1  
with respect to a member of the ,armed  
,forces1 means combat boots not         
furnished to such member of the ,armed  
,forces by the ,secretary of ,defense4  
7#c7 ,required uniform ,the term        
required uniform means a uniform a      
member of the ,armed ,forces is required
 to wear as a member of the ,armed      

,forces4