HR 4216 · 119th Congress · International Affairs

Made-in-America Defense Act

Introduced 2025-06-27· Sponsored by Rep. Biggs, Sheri [R-SC-3]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.(2025-09-03)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2025-09-02
Roll #219
Yea 395Nay 20
Democrats
184 Yea·20 Nay
Republicans
211 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2025-09-02
Roll #219
Yea 395Nay 20
Democrats
184 Yea·20 Nay
Republicans
211 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] FMS-Only List Review Act This bill requires the Department of State to conduct an annual review to identify defense articles and services eligible to be sold only through Foreign Military Sales (FMS) (i.e., U.S. government to foreign government sales) that should also be eligible to be sold through Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) (i.e., U.S. company to foreign government sales). For each article or service identified, the review must address (1) the length of time to complete a transfer of the article or service through the FMS program as compared to the DCS process; (2) the impact of a transfer of the article or service through the DCS process on the workload of the State Department and the Department of Defense; and (3) the benefits of the transfer of the article or service through the DCS process to U.S. national security and competitiveness.   Within 30 days of the completion of each annual review, the State Department must report to Congress on the results of the review.…

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Cosponsors (5)

5 Republicans