Washington, D.C. — In response to news that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed its version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—which includes competition-related amendments from Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez to secure crucial Right-to-Repair provisions for the military and Rep. Doggett to promote accountability in the procurement process—the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

“We’re pleased the House passed a version of the NDAA that begins to tackle the unbridled corporate power running the defense industry,” said Morgan Harper, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the American Economic Liberties Project. “Proposals from Rep. Gluesenkamp-Perez to ensure military can fix its own equipment independent of big corporations is commonsense policy that will improve supply chain resilience and readiness. Rep. Doggett’s amendment will bring some transparency to the cost of munitions and weapon systems contracts in an attempt to end the industry’s rampant price-gouging.  While even bolder anti-monopoly policies are needed to break up the stranglehold large defense contractors have over procurement policy, we’re pleased these members are pushing for accountability regarding the use of taxpayer funds. We urge the Senate to incorporate these policies and other anti-monopoly proposals in their NDAA to ensure our procurement process doesn’t favor a handful of corporate giants.”

Last month, Economic Liberties outlined several proposals to reintroduce competition and crack down on wasteful corporate extraction across the defense industrial base, as well as in markets for services offered to servicemembers and veterans. Some proposals include: closing a loophole to ensure transparent pricing disclosure for sole-sourced contracts; limiting “progress payment” government financing to contractors to incentivize better performance; lowering the threshold at which contractors must disclose estimated costs; reinstating the “paid cost rule” to require contractors to actually pay subcontractors in cash before requesting government reimbursement; creating a “right to repair” for weapons systems; restoring TRICARE coverage for independent pharmacies; and instituting a Section 230 exemption to allow social media companies to be held responsible when they fail to take action against scams targeting service members and veterans.

Read “Antimonopoly Proposals for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)” to learn more. 

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The American Economic Liberties Project works to ensure America’s system of commerce is structured to advance, rather than undermine, economic liberty, fair commerce, and a secure, inclusive democracy. Economic Liberties believes true economic liberty means entrepreneurs and businesses large and small succeed on the merits of their ideas and hard work; commerce empowers consumers, workers, farmers, and engineers instead of subjecting them to discrimination and abuse from financiers and monopolists; foreign trade arrangements support domestic security and democracy; and wealth is broadly distributed to support equitable political power.