H.R. 3434 · 119th Congress

Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act of 2025

Introduced on May 15, 2025 by Pat Fallon (R-TX-4). 3 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (May 15, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
May 15, 2025
Cosponsors
3
3 from the other party
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

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

Official title

To provide for certain requirements relating to cloud, data infrastructure, and foundation model procurement.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Pat FallonR-TX-4Sponsor

Democrats · 3

Roll calls

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History

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  1. May 15, 2025Introduced in House
  2. May 15, 2025Introduced in House
  3. May 15, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Committees

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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. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES5 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  3. BAE SYSTEMS3 reports
    Federal contractor: BAE SYSTEMS PLCAI match · 99%
  4. Beehive Industries, LLC3 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BEEHIVE INDUSTRIES LLC$658.7K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. Kuwait & Gulf Link Holding3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  6. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION3 reports
    Federal contractor: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$13.3B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. Michelin North America, Inc.3 reports
    Federal contractor: MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC$23.4K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  8. United Launch Alliance LLC3 reports
    Federal contractor: UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE, L.L.CAI match · 100%
  9. WHOOP2 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: WHOOP, INC.$10.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. FDD Action1 report
    $300K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 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.