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Defense Contractor Competition Act
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to assess the competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions of defense contractors, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Comptroller General to assess and report on the competitive effects of defense contractor mergers and acquisitions over the past 10 years. The report must evaluate the effectiveness of remedies applied to these mergers, the sharing of information between the Attorney General, Federal Trade Commission, and Secretary of Defense during the review process, and the Department of Defense's methods for measuring how vertical integration affects competition. The report must also review whether previous recommendations from the Comptroller General, Secretary of Defense, or Defense Science Board to enhance competition among defense contractors have been implemented.
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Sponsor (1)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Christopher R. Deluzio’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- CHARLES & LYNN SCHUSTERMAN FAMILY PHIL $19,800
- BERKSHIRE PARTNERS $15,257
- TITAN ROBOTICS INC $14,000
- CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP $12,900
- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH $11,635
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Actions (2)
- Sep 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- Sep 4, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 4, 2025
Mr. Deluzio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to assess the competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions of defense contractors, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Defense Contractor Competition Act”.
SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF COMPETITIVE EFFECTS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an assessment and submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions of defense contractors during the ten-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act that includes—
(1) the effectiveness of any remedy relating to a merger or acquisition of defense contractors on defense industry competition and defense industrial base sustainability;
(2) the effectiveness of information sharing between the Attorney General, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Secretary of Defense in the merger and acquisition review process;
(3) an analysis of the processes used by the Secretary of Defense for measuring the effect of vertical integration of defense contractors on competition, including data collection and the ability to access information from defense contractors that are parties to the merger or acquisition to assess anticompetitive practices among defense contractors; and
(4) implementation of previous recommendations of the Comptroller General, the Secretary of Defense, or the Defense Science Board to enhance competition among defense contractors. <all>
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