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119-s-2139119th CongressWALLET

PRIME Act

Sponsored By: Senator Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]

Introduced

Summary

Speeds DoD experimental buys into fielded gear. The PRIME Act expands what counts as experimental procurement and creates a faster path for a combatant command to move a successful experiment into follow-on production without standard competitive procedures.

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  • Combatant commands can test a much wider set of items — demonstrations, prototypes, products, supplies, parts, accessories, auxiliary services, and designs for defense-related articles — and may authorize follow-on production by submitting a written determination that the experiment succeeded and will be fielded.
  • Companies that build prototypes can get a quicker path from experiment to production because follow-on contracts or transactions may proceed without standard competition when a command certifies success.
  • The statute explicitly adds authority for modified items and prototyping and does not introduce phase-ins, sunset dates, or extra oversight beyond the combatant command’s written determination, so the expanded powers could be used broadly and immediately.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Easier DoD purchases of prototypes

This bill would broaden what the Department of Defense can buy under its experimental-purchase authority. It would let DoD buy demonstrations, prototypes, products, parts, accessories, auxiliary services, and designs for defense items. It would allow buying modified items and explicitly authorize prototyping activities. A combatant command could award follow-on production without competitive procedures. That could happen if the command issues a written determination the experiment succeeded and plans to field the item. If enacted, this could speed when prototypes move into production and change competition for defense suppliers.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]

MT • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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