119-hr5137

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5137 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5137

 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.

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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

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 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.
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