H.R. 4216 · House bill · 119th Congress

Made-in-America Defense Act

Sponsored by Rep. Sheri Biggs, South Carolina with 5 co-sponsors

Introduced Jun 27, 2025

Referred to the Foreign Relations Committee

Latest action Sep 3, 2025

SponsorRep. Sheri Biggs, South Carolina· 5 cosponsorsRep. Ryan Zinke, MontanaRep. Michael Lawler, New York

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RepublicanRep. Michael Baumgartner, Washington
RepublicanRep. Rich McCormick, Georgia
RepublicanDel. James C. Moylan, Guam

What the bill does

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).

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Sep 2, 2025.

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