# 119-hr-5726: DOD Entrepreneurial Innovation Act

119-hr-5726, DOD Entrepreneurial Innovation Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5726
- Congress: 119
- Title: DOD Entrepreneurial Innovation Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-10-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Would require each military department to designate and support "Entrepreneurial Innovation Projects" to speed private-sector technologies into defense programs and increase their visibility in planning and budgets.** - Would require each Secretary and service chief to designate at least five eligible programs per fiscal year. Designated programs get separate budget headings, inclusion in the future-years defense program, and formal treatment in the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution process. - Eligible programs are defined as work performed under Phase III agreements of the Small Business Act. Advisory panels must initially identify at least ten eligible programs and programs may submit five-year plans describing goals, schedules, and funding needs. - Each department gets an advisory panel with three private-sector innovation experts and two federal members including a Senior Executive Service acquisition official. Private members may be compensated, federal members may not receive extra pay, DoD can use the Acquisition Workforce Development Account to support panels, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act does not apply.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Defense Department panels to back small innovators: benefit, medium. If enacted, each military department would set up a five-member advisory panel within 120 days. Small businesses doing Phase III work under the Small Business Act could apply to be named Entrepreneurial Innovation Projects. Each year, panels would review at least 10 eligible programs and recommend…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9495: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027
- 119-hr-4016: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5726 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5726)

## Related
- [119-hr-9495: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9495)
- [119-hr-4016: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4016)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-5582: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5582)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6955)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5726 (as of 2026-04-21).