H.R. 5875 would amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that personal protective equipment undergoes survivability testing before full-scale production.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(LogProviding 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 editprovide guidance to and consult with the wikiSecretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and be the firstSecretaries 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 a detailed summarysome degree of protection to the bill!)user in combat to provisions requiring survivability and lethality testing before full-scale production.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 4/23/2008:5/7/2008: Referred to House committee.subcommittee. Status: Referred to the House CommitteeSubcommittee on Armed Services.Air and Land Forces.
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