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To provide for expedited procurement for experimental purposes, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill expands the military's expedited procurement process for experimental defense-related items by broadening the types of items eligible from a limited list to include all demonstrations, prototypes, products, supplies, parts, accessories, services, and designs for defense-related articles. It allows experimental purchases to include modified items and prototyping activities. The bill adds a provision permitting follow-on production contracts without competitive bidding if a military combatant command determines an experimental item was successful and intends to deploy it operationally.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
Actions (2)
- Jun 18, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
- Jun 18, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 18, 2025
Mr. Sheehy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To provide for expedited procurement for experimental purposes, 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 “Procurement Reform for Immediate Military Equipment Act” or the “PRIME Act”.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO PROCUREMENT FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES.
Section 4023 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking “ordnance, signal, chemical activity, transportation, energy, medical, space flight, telecommunications, and aeronautical supplies, including parts and accessories, and designs thereof,” and inserting “demonstrations, prototypes, products, supplies, parts, accessories, auxiliary services, and design for defense- related articles”;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by inserting “or modified” after “may be made”; and
(B) by inserting “prototyping,” after “greater than necessary for”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(c) Follow-On Production Contracts or Transactions.—Purchases under this section may allow for follow-on production contracts or transactions without the use of competitive procedures or further justification, even if explicit notification was not provided, if a combatant command submits a written determination that the purchased item successfully completed the experiment and intends to field the item.”. <all>
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