H.R. 4216 · 119th Congress

Made-in-America Defense Act

Introduced on Jun 27, 2025 by Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3). 5 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Sep 3, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jun 27, 2025
Cosponsors
5
0 from the other party
Policy area
International Affairs
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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. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

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).

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Military assistance, sales, and agreements
  • Trade restrictions

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jun 27, 2025). Public domain.

FMS-Only List Review Act

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).

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.

Within 30 days of the completion of each annual review, the State Department must report to Congress on the results of the review.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Sheri BiggsR-SC-3Sponsor

Republicans · 5

Roll calls

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

  1. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
    Sep 2, 2025· House· Passage· Passed 395–20

History

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

  1. Jun 27, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jun 27, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jun 27, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  4. Jul 22, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Jul 22, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.
  6. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseMr. Baumgartner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  7. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3727-3728)
  8. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4216.
  9. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseAt the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  10. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3741)
  11. Sep 2, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 20 (Roll no. 219). (text: CR H3727)House · Roll call 219
  12. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 20 (Roll no. 219). (text: CR H3727)House · Roll call 219
  13. Sep 2, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  14. Sep 3, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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. J STREET4 reports
    $680K reported (all issues)
  2. FDD Action3 reports
    $610K reported (all issues)
  3. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.2 reports
    $31.6M reported (all issues)
  4. Clearview AI2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CLEARVIEW AI, INC.$4.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  5. RTX CORPORATION2 reports
    $6.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: RTX CORPORATION$3.9B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  6. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION1 report
    $4.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$13.3B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

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 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 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.