Legislation· Sep 2025Sponsored by Sheri Biggs (R)
Made-in-America Defense Act
Requires State Department to review which defense items sold only through government channels could also be sold by private companies.
Tradeoff
Streamlines sales of defense articles to allies by allowing private commercial sales for some items currently restricted to government-only channels. No spending or revenue impact identified.
What's in it
The House passed this 395-20 on September 2, 2025. The bill is now in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Jun 27, 2025)
House
Committee on Foreign Affairs(Jun 27, 2025)
House
The committee voted to send it to the floor
Reported 48 - 0(Jul 22, 2025)
House
On Motion to and Pass, as Amended
Passed(Roll #219 · Sep 2, 2025)
395 yeanay 20Senate
Received from the House
on Foreign Relations(Sep 3, 2025)
- Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY)
- Michael Baumgartner (R-WA)
- Richard McCormick (R-GA)
- James C. Moylan (R-GU)
Passage votes so far· Sep 2, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027