S. 4921 · 118th Congress

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025

Introduced on Aug 1, 2024 by Jon Tester (D-MT). Latest action (Aug 1, 2024): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 450.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Aug 1, 2024
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Appropriations
  • Arms control and nonproliferation
  • Asia
  • Aviation and airports
  • Buy American requirements
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • Chemical and biological weapons
  • Conflicts and wars
  • Congressional oversight
  • Defense spending
  • Department of Defense
  • Disability assistance
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employee hiring
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government trust funds
  • Hawaii
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Idaho
  • Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Kuwait
  • Land transfers
  • Lawyers and legal services
  • Micronesia
  • Middle East
  • Military education and training
  • Military facilities and property
  • Military law
  • Military medicine
  • Military personnel and dependents
  • Military procurement, research, weapons development
  • Minnesota
  • Montana
  • Motor vehicles
  • National Guard and reserves
  • Nevada
  • North Dakota
  • Oregon
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Radioactive wastes and releases
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Russia
  • South Dakota
  • Spacecraft and satellites
  • Strategic materials and reserves
  • Syria
  • Terrorism
  • Transportation costs
  • Ukraine
  • Washington State

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jon TesterD-MTSponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Aug 1, 2024Introduced in Senate
  2. Aug 1, 2024Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Tester. With written report No. 118-204.
  3. Aug 1, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Tester. With written report No. 118-204.
  4. Aug 1, 2024 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 450.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION15 reports
    $6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.$29.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC11 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  3. MICROSOFT CORPORATION9 reports
    Federal contractor: MICROSOFT CORPORATION$443M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  4. RTX CORPORATION9 reports
    $6.8M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: RTX CORPORATION$3.9B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE8 reports
    $440K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$313.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  6. BLUE ORIGIN, LLC8 reports
    $730K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BLUE ORIGIN, LLC$1.1B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. LEIDOS, INC.8 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LEIDOS, INC.$1.1B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  8. AM GENERAL LLC7 reports
    Federal contractor: AM GENERAL LLC$22.7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 97%
  9. CUMMINS INC.7 reports
    $830.8K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CUMMINS INC$11.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  10. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems7 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  11. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION7 reports
    $9.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$13.3B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  12. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION7 reports
    $3.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$1.1B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. TENABLE, INC.7 reports
    $670K reported (all issues)
  14. THE COALITION OF EPSCOR STATES7 reports
    $980K reported (all issues)
  15. BAE SYSTEMS6 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BAE SYSTEMS PLCAI match · 99%
  16. JRC Integrated Systems Inc.6 reports
    $210K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: JRC INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, LLC$36.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 97%
  17. Memsel, Inc.6 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MEMSEL INC.$593.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. ROCKET LAB USA, INC.6 reports
    $460K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ROCKET LAB USA INC$20.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  19. University of North Dakota6 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTAAI match · 100%
  20. X-BOW LAUNCH SYSTEMS INC.6 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: X-BOW LAUNCH SYSTEMS INC$6.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  21. Amazon Web Services, Inc.5 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.$582.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  22. BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC5 reports
    $290K reported (all issues)
  23. C3.AI, INC.5 reports
    $390K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: C3.AI, INC.$1.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  24. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.5 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.$1.8B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  25. Global Ordnance LLC5 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GLOBAL ORDNANCE LLC$177.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  26. PERATON CORP.5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PERATON INC.AI match · 99%
  27. ROBOTIC RESEARCH OPCO LLC5 reports
    $445K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ROBOTIC RESEARCH OPCO, LLC$500 in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  28. THE BOEING COMPANY5 reports
    $5.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE BOEING COMPANY$9B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  29. TULANE UNIVERSITY5 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  30. The Michael J. Fox Foundation For Parkinson's Research5 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  31. Touro University5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: TOURO UNIVERSITY$793.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  32. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS5 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$2.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  33. UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER5 reports
    $388.1K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER$7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  34. ARIANESPACE, INC4 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  35. BOSTON UNIVERSITY4 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BOSTON UNIVERSITY, TRUSTEES OFAI match · 100%
  36. CELESTIAL AI4 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  37. Capital Concerts, Inc.4 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  38. DISH NETWORK CORPORATION4 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)
  39. EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC4 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES LLC$13.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  40. Fairwinds Technologies4 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: FAIRWINDS TECHNOLOGIES LLC$518.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.