House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Prioritizing Warfighters in Defense Contracting Act
Official title: To limit stock buybacks, shareholder dividends, and executive compensation for certain underperforming contractors as determined by the Secretary of Defense, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9215.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURCHETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 97, June 9, 2026, Page H4054):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9215, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9215
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 6, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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.
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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.