ARMS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4481 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4481

To amend the Arms Export Control Act to modify the authorities relating 
                to the Special Defense Acquisition Fund.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2025

 Mr. Aderholt (for himself, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Panetta, and Mr. Zinke) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Arms Export Control Act to modify the authorities relating 
                to the Special Defense Acquisition Fund.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accelerate Revenue for Manufacturing 
and Sales Act'' or the ``ARMS Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United States defense industrial base plays a 
        critical role in advancing both security and prosperity.
            (2) There is increasing global demand for United States 
        manufactured defense capabilities, highlighting the need to 
        maintain a strong, agile, and scalable defense production 
        capacity.
            (3) In recent years, the combined value of Foreign Military 
        Sales (FMS) and Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) has significantly 
        exceeded domestic defense procurement budgets, with 
        international demand for United States defense products 
        approaching two-to-one over domestic acquisition.
            (4) Delays in delivering defense articles to allied and 
        partner nations expose vulnerabilities in the current 
        acquisition and sales process that risks undermining United 
        States strategic credibility abroad.
            (5) The Special Defense Acquisition Fund (SDAF) has 
        demonstrated effectiveness in reducing delivery times and 
        enabling advanced contracting for high-demand defense items 
        prior to the completion of formal agreements.
            (6) Strengthening and expanding the SDAF would increase the 
        efficiency and predictability of defense article deliveries to 
        foreign partners, support the United States defense industrial 
        base, and improve economies of scale.
            (7) Timely access to United States defense systems by 
        allies and partners strengthens interoperability, improves 
        coalition readiness, deters shared threats, and reinforces 
        long-standing strategic relationships.
            (8) Enhancing SDAF authorities and capacity aligns with 
        United States national interests and supports continued 
        leadership in the global defense market.

SEC. 3. MODIFICATIONS TO SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND.

    Section 51(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2795(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``sales made under'' and all that 
follows through ``the actual value'' and inserting ``sales''.
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