# 114-hr-4935: Stepping up for American Workers and Troops Act

114-hr-4935, Stepping up for American Workers and Troops Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] (D-MA); status Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4935
- Congress: 114
- Title: Stepping up for American Workers and Troops Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- Introduced: 2016-04-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Stepping up for American Workers and Troops Act This bill directs the the Department of Defense (DOD), in the case of athletic footwear needed by members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces, to: (1) furnish such footwear directly instead of providing a cash allowance to the service members to purchase such footwear, and (2) comply with American source requirements in procuring such footwear. A cash allowance may be provided for the purchase of footwear that is medically required to meet a service member's unique physiological needs that cannot be met with footwear furnished by DOD.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2] (R-ME), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- WALTER JONES (R-NC), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] (R-MI), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1] (R-NH), 2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-4935 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4935)

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