Rep. Palmer Introduces Bill to Extend Defense Production Act Through 2031
This bill is sitting in the House Committee on Financial Services where it has been since July 2025. No action has taken place on this proposal for 11 months. The bill is stalled because the committee must review it before it can move forward.
The Defense Production Act is a standard tool used by many different leaders for national security. Extensions are usually bipartisan because both parties want the government to have these emergency powers.
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The DPA allows the government to place priority orders with private companies, including small manufacturers. This can bring significant federal contracts to small defense suppliers, but it can also force them to delay commercial orders. The extension maintains this mixed dynamic for six more years.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
The stopgap funding bill includes language to extend the Defense Production Act — which was set to expire at the end of September — until November 21, 2025. This gives lawmakers more time to negotiate a longer-term extension or amend the underlying legislation.
The Defense Production Act has become a proxy fight over the future of America's defense industry. As the 2025 reauthorization deadline approaches, policymakers are debating how to prioritize billions of dollars for the act's investment account to rebuild the industrial base.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
To extend the authority to carry out the Defense Production Act of 1950.
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