{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-4216","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 4216","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Made-in-America Defense Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To direct the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to carry out a review of the list of defense articles and services required to be transferred under the foreign military sales program as opposed to direct commercial sale (FMS-Only List).","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to carry out a review of the list of defense articles and services required to be transferred under the foreign military sales program as opposed to direct commercial sale (FMS-Only List)."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Made-in-America Defense Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To direct the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to carry out a review of the list of defense articles and services required to be transferred under the foreign military sales program as opposed to direct commercial sale (FMS-Only List)."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Made-in-America Defense Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Made-in-America Defense Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"FMS-Only List Review Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-06-27","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-09-02","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h219","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Made-in-America Defense Act","result":"Passed","yea":395,"nay":20,"present":0,"not_voting":15,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll219.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.","date":"2025-09-03"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-06-27","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"FMS-Only List Review Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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)."},{"k":"p","t":"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 Department of Defense; and (3) the benefits of the transfer of the article or service through the DCS process to U.S. national security and competitiveness."},{"k":"p","t":"Within 30 days of the completion of each annual review, the State Department must report to Congress on the results of the review."}],"words":165},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to review each year the list of defense articles and services that can be transferred only through the foreign military sales program, and to report the results to congressional committees.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4216/text/eh#H16B40E4BA81C4C3A84A769EB50025559"}]},"core_areas":["Annual review of the FMS-Only List of defense articles and services","Report to congressional committees on foreign military sales and direct commercial sale transfer times"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to review defense articles and services eligible under the foreign military sales program but not under direct commercial sales, starting not later than 1 year after enactment and annually after that.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4216/text/eh#H16B40E4BA81C4C3A84A769EB50025559"}},{"text":"Directs the review to identify which of those articles and services should also be eligible to be provided under direct commercial sales.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4216/text/eh#H16B40E4BA81C4C3A84A769EB50025559"}},{"text":"Requires the review to address, for each article or service identified, the average time to complete a transfer under foreign military sales compared with a direct commercial sale, measured from the initial letter of request to delivery.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4216/text/eh#H16B40E4BA81C4C3A84A769EB50025559"}},{"text":"Requires the review to address, for each article or service identified, the effect of a direct commercial sale transfer on the workload of the Department of State and the Department of Defense, and the benefits to United States national security and competitiveness.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4216/text/eh#H16B40E4BA81C4C3A84A769EB50025559"}},{"text":"Requires a report of the review results to the House and Senate foreign affairs and armed services committees not later than 30 days after each review is completed, in unclassified form with a possible classified annex.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4216/text/eh#H16B40E4BA81C4C3A84A769EB50025559"}},{"text":"Requires the report to include average transfer times and how they compare with the previous reporting period, the leading causes of delays, steps taken to reduce delays, and articles or services added to or removed from the FMS-Only list with the justification.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4216/text/eh#H16B40E4BA81C4C3A84A769EB50025559"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-09-02","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4216/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4216","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4216/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-4216.png","v":"c6de0e9cf6a2","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4216, 119th Congress: Made-in-America Defense Act. House: 395 Yea, 20 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 2 Sep 2025."}}