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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5155 
To require contractors to provide reasonable access to repair materials, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 
Ms. PEREZ (for herself, Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia, and Ms. GOODLANDER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Armed Services 
A BILL 
To require contractors to provide reasonable access to repair 
materials, 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 ‘‘Warrior Right to Re-
pair Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE 
REASONABLE 
ACCESS 
TO 
REPAIR 
MATE-
RIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 363 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 4663. Requirement for contractors to provide rea-
sonable access to repair materials 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The head of an agency may 
not enter into a contract for the procurement of goods 
unless the contractor agrees in writing to provide the De-
partment of Defense fair and reasonable access to all the 
repair materials, including parts, tools, and information, 
used by the manufacturer or provider or their authorized 
repair providers to diagnose, maintain, or repair the 
goods. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER
AUTHORITY
FOR
EXISTING
PRO-
GRAMS.—The head of an agency may waive the require-
ment under subsection (a) for a contract that is related 
to a program that began before the date of the enactment 
of this section upon submitting to the congressional de-
fense committees a justification for the waiver based on 
an independent technical risk assessment identifying likely 
impacts to the program’s costs, schedule, or technical per-
formance, including consideration and reporting of quan-
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tifiable, cost, schedule, and technical performance implica-
tions. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) FAIR
AND
REASONABLE
ACCESS.—The 
term ‘fair and reasonable access’ means— 
‘‘(A) terms and conditions that allow the 
Department of Defense to provide the repair 
materials to an authorized contractor for the 
purpose of diagnosing, maintaining, or repair-
ing the good; 
‘‘(B) provision at prices, terms, and condi-
tions that are equivalent to the most favorable 
prices, terms, and conditions under which the 
manufacturer or an authorized reseller or dis-
tributor offers the part, tool, or information to 
an authorized repair provider, accounting for 
any discount, rebate, convenient and timely 
means of delivery, means of enabling fully re-
stored and updated functionality, rights of use, 
or other incentive or preference the manufac-
turer or an authorized reseller or distributor of-
fers to an authorized repair provider; and 
‘‘(C) if a manufacturer does not offer, di-
rectly or through an authorized reseller or dis-
tributor, the part, tool, or information to any 
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authorized repair provider, then provision of 
such part, tool, or information at prices, terms, 
and conditions that are otherwise determined by 
the United States Government to be fair and 
reasonable in accordance with this title. 
‘‘(2) PART.—The term ‘part’ means any re-
placement part, either new or used, made available 
by or to an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) 
for purposes of effecting the services of maintenance 
or repair of digital electronic equipment manufac-
tured by or on behalf of, sold, or otherwise supplied 
by the OEM. 
‘‘(3) TOOL.—The term ‘tool’ means any soft-
ware program, hardware implement, or other appa-
ratus used for diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of 
digital electronic equipment, including software or 
other mechanisms that provision, program, or pair a 
part, calibrate functionality, or perform any other 
function required to bring the equipment back to 
fully functional condition.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the implementation of sec-
tion 4663 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
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this section, including a description of compliance by the 
Department of Defense with the requirements of such sec-
tion. 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT FOR CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS 
RELATED TO REPAIR CAPABILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct a review to identify contract modifications nec-
essary to remove intellectual property constraints that 
limit the ability of the Department of Defense to conduct 
maintenance and access the repair materials, including 
parts, tools, and information, used by the manufacturer 
or provider or their authorized repair providers to diag-
nose, maintain, or repair goods covered by a contract. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) PART.—The term ‘‘part’’ means any re-
placement part, either new or used, made available 
by or to an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) 
for purposes of effecting the services of maintenance 
or repair of digital electronic equipment manufac-
tured by or on behalf of, sold, or otherwise supplied 
by the OEM. 
(2) TOOL.—The term ‘‘tool’’ means any soft-
ware program, hardware implement, or other appa-
ratus used for diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of 
digital electronic equipment, including software or 
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other mechanisms that provision, program, or pair a 
part, calibrate functionality, or perform any other 
function required to bring the equipment back to 
fully functional condition. 
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