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119-hr-10675119th CongressWALLET

BUILD with Allies Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Representative Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]

Introduced

Summary

Secure, resilient supply chains for critical minerals and trusted digital technologies. This bill would create a State Department-led Critical Minerals Innovation Partnership Program to coordinate allied R&D, pilot projects, facilities, and a public digital platform, and it would establish a Cyber and Digital Technology Procurement Program to help partner governments buy trusted U.S.-origin cyber and AI-enabling tech while enforcing vetting and export controls.

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  • Allied and partner governments would get capacity building, pilot and demonstration projects, procurement pipelines, and financing and matchmaking support, with partnership rules that exclude countries of concern and program authorities that generally terminate after 7 years.
  • U.S. companies, researchers, and small businesses would gain access to grants, cooperative agreements, International Centers of Excellence, and a centralized digital clearinghouse for solicitations and matchmaking to move technologies from lab to market. USTDA authorities would also expand to support strategic projects including in some high-income countries.
  • U.S. workers, manufacturers, and maritime industries would benefit from a manufacturing exchange sending up to 10 participants per year for training and apprenticeships and from shipbuilding and maritime measures that push to remove PRC-sourced inputs, create a new Assistant Secretary and Bureau for Water, Environment, and Space Affairs, and coordinate allied shipbuilding and workforce efforts.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

New program to back critical minerals

If enacted, the State Department would set up a Critical Minerals Innovation Partnership Program led by a Director. The program would fund partnerships for mining, processing, recycling, R&D, workforce exchanges, and commercialization and could create International Centers of Excellence. The Secretary could use amounts from specified appropriations, form a revolving fund, and acquire or sell facilities, mineral rights, or equity for program purposes. The Director would notify and brief committees at least 30 days before a partnership, partnerships could not include a country or foreign entity of concern, and the authority would end seven years after enactment.

Shipbuilding and manufacturing exchanges

If enacted, the bill would create a small American Manufacturing Revitalization Exchange that would send up to 10 U.S. participants a year to allied countries for advanced manufacturing training. The bill would also authorize short-term exchanges for shipbuilding professionals for two years. The State Department would form a Maritime Group of Nations (excluding countries of concern), investigate unfair shipping and port practices, and press the International Maritime Organization on certain emissions and competition positions. The bill states a U.S. policy to remove China-sourced materials from commercial and military shipbuilding supply chains and to invest in U.S. shipyard capacity.

Make ports eligible for DFC support

If enacted, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation could consider financing projects that include harbors, ports, and related infrastructure. This change expands the types of projects the Corporation may support but does not require funding for any specific project or set dollar amounts.

Limits and oversight for foreign tech help

If enacted, the bill would bar title funds from going to countries, entities, or people on specified sanction and export-control lists. The State Department would vet partner governments for credible human-rights abuses, corruption, or likely misuse of supported technology and coordinate on counterintelligence. The State Department would also need to notify key congressional committees at least 15 days before obligating amounts from a named cyberspace fund, provide reports in the first year and annually for two years, and the cyber procurement program would end seven years after enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]

MI • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40]

    CA • R

    Sponsored 10/1/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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