To amend section 844 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to change the applicability of the amendments made by such section, and for other purposes.
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
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- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- May 29, 2026
What it does
The bill would amend section 844 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to delay the applicability of a prohibition on the Department of Defense acquiring certain metal products from covered nations until either January 1, 2032, or 180 days after the Secretary of Defense certifies that sufficient commercially viable providers of such materials exist outside those nations. It affects Department of Defense contracts and procurement agreements by changing when the restriction takes effect and adds definitions for "covered material" and "covered nation" based on existing law. The Secretary of Defense must update defense acquisition regulations…
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