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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4216 
To direct the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of De-
fense, to carry out a review of the list of defense articles and services 
required to be transferred under the foreign military sales program 
as opposed to direct commercial sale (FMS-Only List). 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2025 
Mrs. BIGGS of South Carolina (for herself, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. 
BAUMGARTNER, Mr. MCCORMICK, and Mr. MOYLAN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Defense, to carry out a review of the list 
of defense articles and services required to be transferred 
under the foreign military sales program as opposed to 
direct commercial sale (FMS-Only List). 
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 ‘‘FMS-Only List Review 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REVIEW AND REPORT. 
(a) REVIEW.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordination 
with the Secretary of Defense, shall carry out a re-
view of defense articles and defense services that are 
eligible to be provided under the Foreign Military 
Sales program under chapter 2 of the Arms Export 
Control Act, but not eligible to be provided under di-
rect commercial sales under section 38 of such Act 
in order to identify those articles and services that 
should be eligible to be provided under direct com-
mercial sales. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED.—The review 
required by this subsection shall address the fol-
lowing with respect to each defense article and de-
fense services identified under this subsection: 
(A) The length of time to complete a 
transfer of the article or service under the For-
eign Military Sales program as compared to a 
transfer under a direct commercial sale. 
(B) The impact on the workload for the 
Department of State and Department of De-
fense by reason of a transfer of the article or 
service under a direct commercial sale. 
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(C) The benefits to United States national 
security and United States competitiveness by 
reason of a transfer of the article or service 
under a direct commercial sale. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall consult with the Defense Trade Advisory 
Group of the Department of Defense and other in-
terested parties in conducting the review required by 
this subsection. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the completion of each review required by subsection 
(a), the Secretary of State, in coordination of the 
Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report that con-
tains the results of the review, including— 
(A) the criteria used to identify defense ar-
ticles and defense services under this subsection 
under the current review; and 
(B) an identification of those defense arti-
cles and defense services that have been newly 
identified or no longer identified under the cur-
rent review and the reasons therefor. 
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(2) FORM.—The report required by this sub-
section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may contain a classified annex. 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate. 
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