3.0.0 4216 2026-02-04T04:26:27Z 2026-02-04T04:26:27Z House H HR 2025-06-27 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4216 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 111 (Friday, June 27, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. BIGGS of South Carolina:H.R. 4216.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H3033]</pre> ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-09-03T21:52:36Z hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Markup By 2025-07-22T15:26:00Z Referred To 2025-06-27T13:02:10Z 2025-09-03 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2025-09-02 18:57:05 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2025-09-02 18:57:03 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 20 (Roll no. 219). (text: CR H3727) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 219 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll219.xml House 119 2025-09-02T22:57:03Z 1 2025-09-02 18:57:03 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 395 - 20 (Roll no. 219). Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 219 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll219.xml House 119 2025-09-02T22:57:03Z 1 2025-09-02 18:32:10 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3741) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2025-09-02 16:22:48 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2025-09-02 16:14:09 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4216. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2025-09-02 16:14:07 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3727-3728) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2025-09-02 16:13:48 Mr. Baumgartner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2025-07-22 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0. Committee 2025-07-22 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Committee 2025-06-27 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2025-06-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-06-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001325 Rep. Biggs, Sheri [R-SC-3] Sheri Biggs R SC 3 N Z000018 Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] Ryan Zinke R MT K. 1 2025-06-27 True L000599 Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] Michael Lawler R NY 17 2025-06-27 True B001322 Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] Michael Baumgartner R WA 5 2025-06-27 True M001218 Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7] Richard McCormick R GA 7 2025-06-27 True M001219 Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] James Moylan R GU C. 0 2025-06-27 True International Affairs Congressional oversight 2025-08-20T14:53:14Z Foreign aid and international relief 2025-08-20T14:53:28Z Military assistance, sales, and agreements 2025-08-20T14:53:06Z Trade restrictions 2025-08-20T14:53:37Z International Affairs 2025-07-24T20:12:55Z

00 2025-06-27 Introduced in House 2025-09-02T14:20:21Z <p><strong>FMS-Only List Review Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of State to conduct an annual review to identify defense articles and services eligible to be sold only through Foreign Military Sales (FMS) (i.e., U.S. government to foreign government sales) that should also be eligible to be sold through Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) (i.e., U.S. company to foreign government sales).</p><p>For each article or service identified, the review must address (1) the length of time to complete a transfer of the article or service through the FMS program as compared to the DCS process; (2) the impact of a transfer of the article or service through the DCS process on the workload of the State Department and the Department of Defense; and (3) the benefits of the transfer of the article or service through the DCS process to U.S. national security and competitiveness. &nbsp;</p><p>Within 30 days of the completion of each annual review, the State Department must report to Congress on the results of the review.</p>

Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text 255 2025-09-05T04:08:19Z S Senate Referred in Senate RFS Display Title 45 2025-09-04T02:08:19Z Short Title(s) as Passed House 104 2025-09-04T02:08:18Z H House Engrossed in House EH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2025-07-16T07:23:23Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 2025-07-16T07:18:30Z Introduced in House IH Referred in Senate 2025-09-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr4216rfs/xml/BILLS-119hr4216rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2025-09-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr4216eh/xml/BILLS-119hr4216eh.xml Introduced in House 2025-06-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr4216ih/xml/BILLS-119hr4216ih.xml 2025-09-03 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.