House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
DPA Advanced Procurement Act of 2026
Official title: To direct the Comptroller General to study the efficacy of procurement for long-lead items and stockpiling under the Defense Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Cleo Fields D-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 27, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8136.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FIELDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 58, March 27, 2026, Page H2790):Article I, Section 8, clause 1, provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises'' in order to ``provide for the common Defence . . . of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 197 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8136, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8136
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5083 (119th) To require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study on use of additional key…
- H.R. 5084 (119th) Teacher Loan Forgiveness Enhancement Act
- H.R. 6135 (119th) Snap Delivery Modernization Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 7688 (119th) DPA Modernization Act of 2026Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.