# 119-s-905: Arsenal Workload Sustainment Act

119-s-905, Arsenal Workload Sustainment Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-905
- Congress: 119
- Title: Arsenal Workload Sustainment Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Gives a bidding edge to projects that use Army-owned arsenals.** This bill would create a five-year pilot that prefers public-private partnerships using Army arsenals by adding 20% to the bid price of non-public partners that do not use a government-owned, Army-operated arsenal and by favoring partners that use the Army’s Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence and that ensure at least 25% of partnership activities are performed by Department of Defense employees. - Army arsenals and readiness: Aims to sustain workload at government-owned Army arsenals to preserve technical skill and surge capacity for mobilizations and emergency needs. - Private sector partners: Non-public companies that do not partner with an Army-owned arsenal would face a 20% price disadvantage in source selection, while firms using the Advanced Manufacturing Center get selection preference. - Department of Defense workforce: Requires that not less than 25% of partnership activities be carried out by DoD employees, shifting some work back to federal hands. - Oversight and planning: Requires a report within one year breaking out arsenal workload by budget account, assessing where arsenals can meet future needs, projecting workload, and listing needed capital investments.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Pilot favors contractors using Army arsenals: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Defense Department to start a five-year Arsenal Workload Sustainment Pilot within 90 days. The pilot would use public-private partnerships to keep work at Army arsenals owned and run by the U.S. government. In pilot solicitations, bids that do not use an Army-…

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## Sources
- [119-s-905 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/905)

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- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-1404: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1404)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-905 (as of 2025-12-21).