To require the Secretary of Defense to report on the use of other transaction authority, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6325 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6325

   To require the Secretary of Defense to report on the use of other 
             transaction authority, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 28, 2025

 Mr. Ryan (for himself and Mr. Wittman) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Defense to report on the use of other 
             transaction authority, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REPORT ON THE USE OF OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the use of follow-on production contracts or 
transactions under section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, during 
the period beginning on October 1, 2020, and ending on October 1, 2025. 
Such report shall include--
            (1) the number of transactions for a prototype project 
        awarded under the authority provided by such section 4022;
            (2) the number of such transactions for which an option for 
        a follow-on production contract or transaction was awarded;
            (3) for each follow-on production contract or transaction 
        described in paragraph (2), a summary of the status of such 
        contract or transaction, including a description of the overall 
        performance of the contractor in execution of such contract or 
        transaction and the total value of the award;
            (4) an assessment of any trends or lessons learned that may 
        limit or prevent the use of follow-on production contracts or 
        transactions under such section 4022; and
            (5) any recommendations of the Secretary to improve the use 
        of follow-on production contracts or transactions under such 
        section 4022 and to increase the number of prototype projects 
        that successfully transition to production through such use.
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