# 119-s-2135: Prototype to Production Act

119-s-2135, Prototype to Production Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2135
- Congress: 119
- Title: Prototype to Production Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-18
- Sponsor: Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Limits follow-on production authority and forces senior, written approval while creating a fast-track option to field proven systems.** This bill would tighten how the Department of Defense moves prototypes into production and add a rapid production route for ready technologies. - Would require written sign-off by the head of the contracting activity for prototype and follow-on production transactions that exceed $100 million, and would make that approval non-delegable. This raises the level of accountability for big acquisitions. - Would place the same written-determination duty on the directors of DARPA, the Defense Innovation Unit, and the Missile Defense Agency for transactions they control. Those directors would personally authorize high-dollar follow-on deals. - Would add a new production-transaction path to rapidly field emergent, proven technologies that need no more development when an appropriate acquisition executive documents exceptional circumstances. It also defines “follow-on production” to cover contracts that further develop, test, produce, deploy, operate, or sustain a capability prototyped under the authority.

## Provisions PRIA read

- New rules for defense prototyping: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would change how the Department of Defense uses 'other transaction' authority for prototypes and related production. For any prototype or follow-on production transaction expected to cost more than $100,000,000 (including all options), a senior official (the head of the contrac…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025
- 119-s-306: Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2135 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2135)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1462)
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
- [119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2142)
- [119-s-306: Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-306)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2135 (as of 2025-12-21).