1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Female Body Armor Modernization Act of 2019 . 2. Findings and sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Ill-fitting personal protective equipment (PPE) for members of the Armed Forces impedes performance and lethality by reducing range of motion, speed, and agility, and can interfere with the aim of shoulder-braced weapons. (2) Access to female-specific personal protective equipment, or smaller sized unisex personal protective equipment, has traditionally been limited. Such equipment has typically been provided only to some deploying members of the Armed Forces, but not to those going through initial entry training (IET), or for regular unit training events. (3) Members of the Armed Force need to be familiarized with and train in their combat gear before deploying in order to be fully prepared and mission capable. (4) Research shows that poorly fitting personal protective equipment is a leading cause of preventable injury for all members of the Armed Forces, whether deployed or in training. (5) Studies on operational physical performance and fitness in female members of the Armed Forces suggest that the best way to decrease the likelihood of injury is through consistent physical training with equipment that mirrors that which is used in a combat environment. (6) Properly fitting personal protective equipment for training and deployment will assist in the gender-integration process in the Armed Forces as well as improve overall combat effectiveness, while simultaneously bringing about a reduction in injuries. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress— (1) that committed resources for new generation personal protective equipment for female warfighters is essential to their warfighting readiness