S. 5618 · 118th Congress

FoRGED Act

Introduced on Dec 19, 2024 by Roger F. Wicker (R-MS). Latest action (Dec 19, 2024): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Dec 19, 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. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to promote defense innovation, and for other purposes.

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.

Roger F. WickerR-MSSponsor

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. Dec 19, 2024Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 19, 2024 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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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. Amazon.com Services LLC5 reports
    $22.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC$285.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA4 reports
    $691.5K reported (all issues)
  3. Advanced Technology International4 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL$410M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  4. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.4 reports
    Federal contractor: CISCO SYSTEMS INC$1.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION4 reports
    $15.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$13.3B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  6. ROBOTIC RESEARCH OPCO LLC4 reports
    $435K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ROBOTIC RESEARCH OPCO, LLC$500 in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. Association For Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International3 reports
    $267.4K reported (all issues)
  8. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL3 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC$271.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. MICROSOFT CORPORATION3 reports
    $7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MICROSOFT CORPORATION$443M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  10. RED HAT INC3 reports
    $210K reported (all issues)
  11. CloudFactors LLC2 reports
  12. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION2 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$1.1B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. HP Inc.1 report
    $840K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HP INC.AI match · 98%
  14. Rolls-Royce North America1 report
    $250K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC$2.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  15. SAP AMERICA INC1 report
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  16. SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION1 report
    $480K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION$3.4B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  17. THE BOEING COMPANY1 report
    $3.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE BOEING COMPANY$9B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%

Reports filed in 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.