Defense Contractor Competition Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5137 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5137 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to assess the competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions of defense contractors, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 4, 2025 Mr. Deluzio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Comptroller General of the United States to assess the competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions of defense contractors, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Contractor Competition Act''. SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF COMPETITIVE EFFECTS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS. The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an assessment and submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions of defense contractors during the ten-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act that includes-- (1) the effectiveness of any remedy relating to a merger or acquisition of defense contractors on defense industry competition and defense industrial base sustainability; (2) the effectiveness of information sharing between the Attorney General, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Secretary of Defense in the merger and acquisition review process; (3) an analysis of the processes used by the Secretary of Defense for measuring the effect of vertical integration of defense contractors on competition, including data collection and the ability to access information from defense cont