Regulations applicable to wearing optional combat boots

(a) In general Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations to prohibit 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— (1) materials grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States; and (2) components that are manufactured entirely in the United States and entirely made of materials described in paragraph (1). (b) Waiver The requirements of subsection (a) may be waived if a member of the Armed Forces provides a medical justification authorized by the commanding officer of such member to wear optional combat boots as part of a required uniform. (c) Exception The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply to a member of the Armed Forces within a combat arms military occupational specialty who is in a deployed status. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) The term optional combat boots, with respect to a member of the Armed Forces, means combat boots not furnished to such member of the Armed Forces by the Secretary of Defense. (2) The term required uniform means a uniform a member of the Armed Forces is required to wear as a member of the Armed Forces.