Sponsors (4)
The bill strengthens the federal government’s ability to secure procurement supply chains from risky foreign sources through centralized authority and coordination, but does so at the cost of added compliance and replacement expenses, reduced transparency and judicial oversight, and greater centralization that may politicize or unsettle suppliers and agencies.
Federal, state, and local procurement officials (and the federal government) gain clearer authority and tools to identify, exclude, or remove covered products from foreign 'sources of concern', reducing U.S. supply-chain exposure to national-security risks.
Establishes a centralized Program Office in the Executive Office of the President and a Council with specified expertise plus a required annual report to Congress, improving interagency coordination, technical decision-making, and congressional oversight of acquisition-security risks.
Agencies, contractors, and downstream suppliers (including many small businesses and state/local governments) may face immediate and potentially widespread costs and operational disruption from exclusion/removal orders and new compliance requirements.
Expanded confidentiality and FOIA exemptions, plus broad authority to apply orders across supply tiers, will limit public transparency and judicial review of procurement-security decisions.
Concentrating the Program Office in the Executive Office of the President risks politicizing acquisition-security decisions and could strain the autonomy of other agencies responsible for procurements.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Defines 'source of concern' and related terms, moves the Federal Acquisition Security Council into the Executive Office of the President, and tightens Council membership and designee requirements.
Creates an official short title, tightens and expands statutory definitions used for acquisition-related supply-chain and national security risk (including new terms like “source of concern,” “covered source of concern,” “designated order,” and “recommended order”), and moves the Federal Acquisition Security Council into the Executive Office of the President. It also revises who sits on the Council, requires agency heads to name qualified designees, and directs that designees have relevant expertise in supply‑chain risk, acquisitions, law, or information and communications technology.
Introduced January 30, 2026 by William R. Timmons · Last progress January 30, 2026