Legislative Oversight

Stable identifiers

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4216

Official text excerpt

119 HR 4216 IH: FMS-Only List Review Act 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-06-27 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4216 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 27, 2025 Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina (for herself, Mr. Zinke , Mr. Lawler , Mr. Baumgartner , Mr. McCormick , and Mr. Moylan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL 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). 
 1. Short title 
 This Act may be cited as the FMS-Only List Review Act . 
 2. Review and report 
 (a) Review 
 (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall carry out a review of defense articles and defense services that are eligible to be provided under the Foreign Military Sales program under chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act, but not eligible to be provided under direct commercial sales under section 38 of such Act in order to identify those articles and services that should be eligible to be provided under direct commercial sales. (2) Matters to be addressed The review required by this subsection shall address the following with respect to each defense article and defense services identified under this subsection: 
 (A) The length of time to complete a transfer of the article or service under the Foreign Military Sales program as compared to a transfer under a direct commercial sale. (B) The impact on the workload for the Department of State and Department of Defense by reason of a transfer of the article or servic…

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