1HOUSE · SEP 2, 2025
Passed the House
395–20PASSED
R 211–0 D 184–20
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 219 · 15 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Made-in-America Defense Act
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).
Sponsor: Rep. Sheri Biggs R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2025
- Committee actionJul 22, 2025
- Passed HouseSep 2, 2025 · 395–20
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 3, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4216.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BIGGS of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 111, June 27, 2025, Page H3033):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4216, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4216
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 4216. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Richard McCormick (R-GA), James Moylan (R-GU), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sheri Biggs.
- H.R. 9328 (119th) Improving Travel for Military Members Act
- H.R. 7235 (119th) Protecting Motherhood Act
- H.R. 3033 (119th) Protecting the Mailing of Firearms Act
- H.R. 5934 (119th) Major Thomas D. Howie Congressional Gold Medal
- H.R. 3861 (119th) Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act
- H.R. 3034 (119th) NFA SBS Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.