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Revises permitted uses, repayment, transfer, and oversight rules for the Technology Modernization Fund; adds fraud suspension authority and milestone‑based transfers.
Official title: Amend section 1078 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 to increase the effectiveness of the Technology Modernization Fund, and for other purposes.
Introduced December 2, 2025 by Jerry Moran · Last progress December 2, 2025
Revises how the federal Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) can be used, requires metric‑based milestone payments, and adds mandatory reimbursement rules so the Fund remains solvent through its statutory sunset. It also authorizes the Fund to suspend or terminate support when an agency head provided fraudulent or misleading statements in an application, removes a prior statutory cross‑reference constraint, and updates transfer, repayment, reporting, and review procedures for Fund projects. The changes tighten financial controls (mandatory reimbursements and milestone‑based transfers), broaden allowable uses for transfers (operations, development, related services, and Board/Director functions), and add enforcement authority over projects with fraudulent applications while prohibiting funding for projects Congress previously denied or restricted.