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Official title: To amend title 41, United States Code, to make changes with respect to the Federal Acquisition Security Council, and for other purposes.
Introduced January 30, 2026 by William R. Timmons · Last progress January 30, 2026
The bill strengthens federal supply‑chain security and speeds decisionmaking by giving the executive clearer authority and a centralized program office, at the cost of potential economic harm and compliance burdens for suppliers, reduced transparency, and increased centralization of political control.
Federal agencies and the systems they operate gain clearer authority and procedures to exclude or remove suppliers tied to foreign adversaries, strengthening protection of government IT and procurement against supply‑chain threats.
The Executive Office of the President will host a Program Office to provide expert analysis and administrative support, improving coordination and speeding supply‑chain risk decisionmaking across federal agencies and with state partners.
Congress and the public will receive annual reports on risks from covered articles, increasing oversight and visibility into supply‑chain threats to government procurement.
Suppliers — including small businesses that use foreign inputs or have foreign ownership ties — risk exclusion from federal contracts or contract termination, causing lost revenue and business disruption.
Broad or ambiguous definitions tied to 'foreign adversary' and related criteria could sweep in firms with indirect or minor foreign ties, imposing significant compliance costs, uncertainty, and legal risk on contractors.
Concentrating a Council and Program Office within the Executive Office of the President centralizes decisionmaking authority, increasing risks of politicization and reducing independent interagency judgment.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Moves the Federal Acquisition Security Council into the Executive Office of the President, adds new source-of-concern definitions, and specifies expanded agency membership and seniority requirements.
Revises federal law governing the Federal Acquisition Security Council by moving the Council into the Executive Office of the President, tightening and expanding definitions for ‘‘source of concern’’ and related terms, and changing membership and seniority requirements for participating agencies. The bill adds named agency representation (and subcomponents of those agencies), allows the Chair to add officials for subject-matter balance, and creates new statutory terms for types of orders used in Council processes.