Buying Faster than the Enemy Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 979 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 979 To promote defense innovation, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 12, 2025 Mr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To promote defense innovation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Buying Faster than the Enemy Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS OPENINGS. Section 3458 of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments may acquire commercial products, commercial services, and nondevelopmental items through a competitive selection of proposals resulting from a gener…