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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6882 
To request the Secretary of Defense to provide preference for offerors that 
are United States companies in professional services contracts, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2025 
Mr. MILLS (for himself and Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To request the Secretary of Defense to provide preference 
for offerors that are United States companies in profes-
sional services contracts, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing American 
Firms and Expertise in Services Act’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Serv-
ices Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PREFERENCE FOR AMERICAN COMPANIES IN THE 
PROCUREMENT 
OF 
PROFESSIONAL 
SERV-
ICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall revise the Department of Defense Supplement to the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation to ensure that, to the max-
imum extent practicable and consistent with the interests 
of national security, with respect to contracts for the pro-
curement of professional services, contracting officers give 
a preference to offerors that are United States companies. 
(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
may waive the requirement for a preference de-
scribed in subsection (a) with respect to a contract 
if the Secretary determines that— 
(A) adherence to the preference would pre-
vent the Department of Defense from meeting 
an urgent operational requirement; or 
(B) no United States company is capable 
of fulfilling the requirements of the contract in 
a timely or cost-effective manner. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall issue a waiver under this subsection in writing, 
shall include a justification for the waiver, and shall 
submit notice of such waiver to the congressional de-
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fense committees not later than 30 days after 
issuance of such waiver. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘United States company’’— 
(A) means a business entity that— 
(i) is organized under the laws of a 
State, territory, or possession of the 
United States or the District of Columbia; 
(ii) has its principal place of business 
in the United States; and 
(iii) is not directly or indirectly owned 
or controlled by a foreign entity; and 
(B) includes a joint venture for which a 
business entity described in subparagraph (A) 
holds an ownership interest greater than or 
equal to 50 percent. 
(2) The term ‘‘professional services’’ includes 
the following services: 
(A) Engineering. 
(B) Architecture. 
(C) Design. 
(D) Environmental consulting. 
(E) Financial consulting. 
(F) Program management. 
(G) Legal. 
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(H) Other services as defined in the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation. 
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