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Made-in-America Defense Act

Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.

US HR 4216 · House Bill · 119th Congress

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Stage
Passed first chamber
Started in
House
Sponsors
6
Latest action
Sep 3, 2025

What it does

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…

Official summary · Introduced in House · Jun 27, 2025

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

    Jun 27, 2025

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Current step)

    Passed first chamber · Sep 3, 2025

  4. Law (Not started)

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Who is involved

Sponsors

The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.

Where it goes next

While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.

Work with this bill

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