[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10126 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10126

  To direct the Secretary of Defense to include projected demand for 
         foreign military sales into industrial base planning.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 20, 2026

  Mr. Jackson of Texas (for himself, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Messmer, Mr. 
   Issa, and Mr. Van Orden) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Defense to include projected demand for 
         foreign military sales into industrial base planning.

    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 ``Defense Export Modeling Alignment 
for National Defense Act of 2026'' or the ``DEMAND Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTEGRATION OF DEMAND FOR FOREIGN 
              MILITARY SALES INTO INDUSTRIAL BASE PLANNING.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall include projected 
demand for foreign military sales, including any foreign military sales 
that are in progress, in--
            (1) Any industrial base assessments conducted by the 
        Secretary.
            (2) Munitions production planning documents.
            (3) Sustainment planning for major defense acquisition 
        programs (as defined in section 4201 of title 10, United States 
        Code).
            (4) Decisions of the Secretary regarding production rate 
        increases and capacity expansion of defense articles (as 
        defined in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
        (22 U.S.C. 2403)).
    (b) Objectives.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall seek to achieve the following objectives with respect to the 
defense industrial base:
            (1) Expand production capacity.
            (2) Stabilize critical suppliers and of the defense 
        industrial base.
            (3) Incentivize capital investment in critical production 
        lines.
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