# 119-hr-4502: Silver Shield Act of 2025 119-hr-4502, Silver Shield Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA); status introduced (as of 2026-08-05). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4502 - As of: 2026-08-05 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-4502 - Congress: 119 - Title: Silver Shield Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-07-17 - Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA) - Cosponsors: 11 - Policy area: International Affairs - Touches household money: no - Last recorded action: 2026-08-05 ## Summary **This bill would create a Silver Shield program to monitor the end-use of U.S. defense articles and services to detect civilian harm and violations of international law.** It would be housed in the State Department and use a cross-agency system to assess credible information, require formal ineligibility findings under the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), and update policy and practice accordingly. - Civilians in conflict zones: The program would assess reports and evidence to determine whether U.S.-origin weapons or services caused civilian harm and whether acts meet standards like genocide, crimes against humanity, or grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions. - U.S. exporters and partners: If violations are affirmed the bill would require an ineligibility determination under AECA section 3, and agencies would have 180 days to reach those determinations. - Federal investigators and policymakers: The State Department, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Defense Department offices, and others would share embassy reports, satellite imagery, forensic data, NGO and media reports, and consult an External Advisory Board of academic and NGO experts to guide investigations and policy updates. ## Cosponsors (11) - Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - New monitoring of U.S.-supplied weapons: benefit, medium. If enacted, the State Department would set up the Silver Shield program within one year. It would track how U.S.-supplied weapons and services are used overseas. It would gather reports, photos, videos, satellite images, and do site visits, and use a public portal. If credible evidence shows seriou… - Stricter rules for foreign arms buyers: benefit, medium. If enacted, the U.S. would tighten who can receive its arms and training. Before any sale or export, the Secretary of State would get written promises that items will not be used to harm civilians or break humanitarian or human-rights law. If the end-user unit is not yet known for Leahy vetting, th… - Regular reports on costs and investigations: benefit, low. If enacted, the Secretary of State would report to Congress within 180 days on the staff, money, and authorities the program needs. Within one year after the program starts, and every year after, the President would send an annual report. The report would show costs, staffing, resource gaps, the nu… - Funding plan for Silver Shield program: mixed, medium. If enacted, Silver Shield costs could be paid from Foreign Military Financing accounts and from new appropriations of "such sums as necessary." The program would also count as an administrative service under Foreign Military Sales, allowing funding through the FMS administrative surcharge. That sur… ## Related bills - 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 - 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act - 119-hr-15: Equality Act ## Sources - [119-hr-4502 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4502) ## Related - [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877) - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51) - [119-hr-20: Richard L. 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