# 119-s-2138: Buy-to-Budget Flexibility Act

119-s-2138, Buy-to-Budget Flexibility Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2138
- Congress: 119
- Title: Buy-to-Budget Flexibility 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: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Rewrites the buy-to-budget rules for end items in the defense code.** The bill would strike specific conditioning language from 10 U.S.C. 3069(a), repeal subsections (b) through (d), and redesignate subsection (e) as subsection (b). That structural change would reconfigure the statutory framework that governs when and how buy-to-budget requirements apply to complete end items, but the provided text does not show the exact language removed or spell out practical effects for procurement or budgeting decisions.

## Provisions PRIA read

- More buying flexibility for defense purchases: mixed, medium. If enacted, this bill would change rules about when defense agencies call a purchase "buy-to-budget." It would remove a conditional phrase in current law and repeal three related subsections that govern end-item buy-to-budget treatment. That would give agencies and contractors more flexibility when…

## 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-2138 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2138)

## 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-2138 (as of 2025-12-21).