Sponsor
Ro Khanna
Representative · D-CA
Representative · D-CA
The bill pushes the DoD to modernize logistics by adopting commercial 3D‑printing—improving readiness and supply‑chain agility—but creates near‑term costs, competitive shifts for contractors, and schedule pressure from a fixed deadline.
Military personnel: equipment downtime is reduced because the DoD can use distributed commercial 3D‑printing to produce spare parts closer to deployed units, speeding repairs and sustaining readiness.
DoD staff and government contractors: the bill provides clearer statutory authority to use commercial additive‑manufacturing services, making it easier to modernize supply chains and accelerate prototyping and procurement decisions.
Federal planners and taxpayers: fixing the program deadline to December 31, 2030 gives the DoD a predictable timeline for implementation and budgeting across multiple fiscal years.
Taxpayers: expanding procurement and use of commercial additive manufacturing could increase near‑term government spending for contracts, equipment, and integration costs.
Federal program offices and military readiness: a fixed statutory deadline (Dec 31, 2030) could create schedule pressure that forces rushed implementation despite technical, security, or supply‑chain problems.
Existing government contractors and suppliers: preferencing firms with commercial 3D‑printing capabilities could shift work away from incumbent suppliers, disadvantaging firms without additive manufacturing capacity.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds commercial additive manufacturing facilities to the statutory logistics/prototyping list and sets the deadline to December 31, 2030.
Official title: To expand the contested logistics demonstration and prototyping program to include commercial additive manufacturing facilities in contested logistics environments, and for other purposes.
Introduced September 8, 2025 by Ro Khanna · Last progress September 8, 2025
Adds commercial additive manufacturing facilities (commercial 3D printing sites) to an existing list of logistics and prototyping capabilities in federal law for the Department of Defense and sets a firm statutory deadline of December 31, 2030 for the law's previously referenced deadline. The change simply expands an enumerated list of permitted logistics/prototyping items and replaces a vague deadline phrase with an explicit date.