SAFE Services Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6882 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6882 To request the Secretary of Defense to provide preference for offerors that are United States companies in professional services contracts, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 18, 2025 Mr. Mills (for himself and Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To request the Secretary of Defense to provide preference for offerors that are United States companies in professional services contracts, 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 ``Securing American Firms and Expertise in Services Act'' or the ``SAFE Services Act''. SEC. 2. PREFERENCE FOR AMERICAN COMPANIES IN THE PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall revise the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with the interests of national security, with respect to contracts for the procurement of professional services, contracting officers give a preference to offerors that are United States companies. (b) Waiver Authority.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement for a preference described in subsection (a) with respect to a contract if the Secretary determines that-- (A) adherence to the preference would prevent the Department of Defense from meeting an urgent operational requirement; or (B) no United States company is capable of fulfi