FUSE Act
Sponsored By: Senator Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a Department of Defense pilot to test the safety and qualification of printable energetic feedstocks for controlled additive manufacturing and to measure effects on handling, logistics, and munitions modernization.
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- Military services and acquisition teams would get comparative safety and logistics data to see if printable feedstocks improve handling, consistency, and supply resilience.
- Defense contractors and manufacturers could join limited demonstrations at approved facilities and help produce qualification data packages and safety criteria.
- Standards developers and testers would work on new test methods, metrology, digital quality controls, and qualification pathways to support certifications and waivers.
- Facility operators and security officials must meet explosive safety siting, storage, and handling rules and add counter-diversion, inventory, chain-of-custody, and cybersecurity controls for digital manufacturing files.
- The Secretary must report to congressional defense committees within 180 days of starting and annually, and the pilot is limited to a 5 year duration.
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Defense pilot for printable energetic safety
This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to run a pilot testing printable energetic feedstocks. The Under Secretary for Research and Engineering would carry out the pilot with ammunition program and service acquisition leaders. Activities would include characterizing feedstocks, making qualification criteria, limited demonstrations at approved facilities, and creating standards and metrology. The pilot would compare safety and process risks to traditional energetics for storage, transport, handling, and processing. Tests must use compliant explosive safety sites, chain-of-custody controls, counter-diversion safeguards, and cybersecurity protections for digital files. The Secretary would report to congressional defense committees 180 days after the pilot starts and every year while it runs. The pilot would last no more than five years after enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
TX • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
VA • D
Sponsored 6/24/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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