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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 › Section 20004

Enhancement of Department of Defense Resources for Munitions and Defense Supply Chain Resiliency

Section 20004 · Sec. 20004 ·

What this chapter is about

This part gives the defense department money for weapons and supply lines. Most of it buys missiles, torpedoes, mines and drones. Some builds up plants and rocket motor makers. Two large sums go to critical minerals.

7 proposals indexed from this chapter.

The document says “shallWho acts: Secretary of DefenseHow: statuteSec. 20004 in the PDF
What the document says

“In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029--”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004

The section appropriates sixty-seven sums to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2029. Nineteen go to missiles: $400,000,000 and $380,000,000 for long-range anti-ship missiles and their production capacity; $490,000,000 and $94,000,000 for long-range air-to-surface missiles and an alternative to them; $630,000,000 for long-range Navy air defense and anti-ship missiles; $688,000,000 and $250,000,000 for long-range multi-service cruise missiles and their production base; $70,000,000 for short-range Navy and Marine Corps anti-ship missiles; $100,000,000 for an anti-ship seeker for short-range Army ballistic missiles; $175,000,000 for next-generation Army medium-range ballistic missile capacity; $50,000,000, $250,000,000 and $225,000,000 for medium-range air-to-air missiles; $50,000,000 for second sources for short-range air-to-air missile components; $325,000,000 for air-launched anti-radiation missile capacity; and $50,000,000, $114,000,000, $300,000,000 and $85,000,000 for Army medium-range and long-range ballistic missiles.

What the document actually says

“In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029--”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004
That sentence, in plain words

Money is set aside for the defense department. It is on top of what it already has. It is for fiscal year 2025 and can be spent through September 30, 2029.

What this is about

Sixty-seven sums are named in all. Nineteen of them buy missiles or build the plants that make them. The rest cover other arms and supply lines.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

The document says “shallWho acts: Secretary of DefenseHow: statuteSec. 20004 in the PDF
What the document says

“$400,000,000 for the production of heavyweight torpedoes;”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004

Nine of the sums go to undersea weapons: $400,000,000 to produce heavyweight torpedoes and $70,000,000 to improve their maintenance; $200,000,000 for mass-producible autonomous underwater munitions; $200,000,000 to produce lightweight torpedoes and $55,000,000 for lightweight multi-mission torpedoes; $500,000,000 for maritime mines and $150,000,000 for air-delivered long-range maritime mines; $50,000,000 for new underwater explosives; and $80,000,000 to produce sonobuoys.

What the document actually says

“$400,000,000 for the production of heavyweight torpedoes;”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004
That sentence, in plain words

One sum is $400 million. It pays to build heavy torpedoes.

What this is about

Eight more sums cover other undersea arms. They include mines, light torpedoes and explosives. One buys floating sound buoys that listen for ships.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

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What the document says

“$1,000,000,000 for the expansion of the one-way attack unmanned aerial systems industrial base;”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004

Fourteen of the sums go to the industrial base and stockpile: $61,000,000 to speed Navy expeditionary loitering munitions and $50,000,000 for one-way attack unmanned aerial systems with advanced autonomy; $1,000,000,000 to expand the one-way attack unmanned aerial systems industrial base; $200,000,000 and $400,000,000 for the solid rocket motor industrial base and the emerging one through the Industrial Base Fund; $42,000,000 for second sources for large-diameter solid rocket motors for hypersonic missiles; $1,000,000,000 for next-generation automated munitions factories; $170,000,000 for an advanced radar depot; $25,000,000 to expand the industrial base policy analysis workforce; $30,300,000 to repair Army missiles; $100,000,000 for small and medium ammunition; $2,000,000,000 for the critical minerals stockpile through the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund; $10,000,000 for the armaments cooperation workforce; and $500,000,000 to expand the Defense Exportability Features program.

What the document actually says

“$1,000,000,000 for the expansion of the one-way attack unmanned aerial systems industrial base;”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004
That sentence, in plain words

One sum is $1 billion. It builds up the plants that make one-way attack drones.

What this is about

A one-way attack drone is not meant to come back. Other sums cover rocket motors and new factories. One puts $2 billion into a store of critical minerals.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

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What the document says

“$500,000,000 for development, production, and integration of counter-unmanned aerial systems programs;”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004

Twenty-five of the sums go to air and missile defense and counter-drone work: $350,000,000 and $93,000,000 to produce and replace Navy long-range interceptors; $100,000,000 for a second solid rocket motor source; $65,000,000 for Missile Defense Agency long-range anti-ballistic missile capacity; $225,000,000 for Navy air defense and anti-ship missile capacity; $103,300,000 for a depot maintenance facility; $18,000,000 for a domestic guidance section source; $65,000,000 to fit an Army interceptor to Navy ships; $176,100,000 for an Army movable missile defense radar; $167,000,000 for an Army gun-based air defense system; $40,000,000 for low-cost alternatives to interceptors; $50,000,000 and $91,000,000 for an Army shoulder-fired air defense system; $500,000,000, $350,000,000, $250,000,000 and $200,000,000 for counter-unmanned aerial systems programs including non-kinetic, land-based and ship-based ones; $400,000,000 to accelerate hypersonic strike; $167,000,000 for extra launchers; $500,000,000 to expand advanced manufacturing; $1,000,000 to set up the Joint Energetics Transition Office; $200,000,000 to accelerate Army medium-range interceptors; $150,000,000 for additive manufacturing for propellant; $250,000,000 for penetrating munitions; and $50,000,000 for precision extended-range artillery.

What the document actually says

“$500,000,000 for development, production, and integration of counter-unmanned aerial systems programs;”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004
That sentence, in plain words

One sum is $500 million. It builds systems to stop enemy drones.

What this is about

Three more sums cover the same aim in other ways. One works without hitting the drone. One is on land and one is on ships.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

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What the document says

“$3,300,000,000 for grants and purchase commitments made pursuant to the Industrial Base Fund established under section 4817 of title 10, United States Code.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004

The section appropriates a further $3,300,000,000 to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2029, for grants and purchase commitments made under the Industrial Base Fund established by section 4817 of title 10, United States Code.

What the document actually says

“$3,300,000,000 for grants and purchase commitments made pursuant to the Industrial Base Fund established under section 4817 of title 10, United States Code.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004
That sentence, in plain words

A further $3.3 billion is set aside. It pays for grants and buying deals. Those come out of a fund set up by an older law.

What this is about

A purchase commitment is a promise to buy. It gives a maker the confidence to build a plant. That older law is not indexed here.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

The document says “shallWho acts: Secretary of DefenseHow: statuteSec. 20004 in the PDF
What the document says

“$5,000,000,000 for investments in critical minerals supply chains made pursuant to the Industrial Base Fund established under section 4817 of title 10, United States Code.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004

The section appropriates a further $5,000,000,000 to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2029, for investments in critical minerals supply chains made under the Industrial Base Fund established by section 4817 of title 10, United States Code.

What the document actually says

“$5,000,000,000 for investments in critical minerals supply chains made pursuant to the Industrial Base Fund established under section 4817 of title 10, United States Code.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004
That sentence, in plain words

A further $5 billion is set aside. It goes into supply lines for critical minerals. It comes out of the same fund.

What this is about

Critical minerals are ones industry must have. Many are mined abroad. The money is meant to build up other sources.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

The document says “shallWho acts: Secretary of DefenseHow: statuteSec. 20004 in the PDF
What the document says

“such amounts are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, and total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $100,000,000,000; and”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004

The section appropriates $500,000,000 to the Department of Defense Credit Program Account, available through September 30, 2029, to carry out the capital assistance program of loans, loan guarantees and technical assistance established under section 149(e) of title 10, United States Code, for critical minerals and related industries and projects including related Covered Technology Categories. The money may subsidize direct loans and guaranteed loan principal up to $100,000,000,000 in total, and may cover all costs and expenditures provided for in section 149(e)(5)(B).

What the document actually says

“such amounts are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, and total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $100,000,000,000; and”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 20004
That sentence, in plain words

The money backs loans made by the government. It also backs loans the government guarantees. The total may not top $100 billion.

What this is about

The $500 million is not the loan pool. It is what covers the risk of loss. That lets a much larger sum be lent out.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

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  1. The document itself

    Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Public Law 119-21, sec. 20004, 139 Stat. 115 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

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    “Enhancement of Department of Defense Resources for Munitions and Defense Supply Chain Resiliency,” Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 20004. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-21/section-20004/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out

The four appropriations the section makes and all sixty-seven line items in the first of them, grouped into four proposals by subject, together with the Industrial Base Fund grants, the critical minerals investment, and the capital assistance program with its loan limits.

The sixty-seven line items are not recorded as separate proposals. Each is named with its figure in one of the four summaries.

The Industrial Base Fund, the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund and the capital assistance program come from titles 10 and 50 of the United States Code, which are not indexed here, so how those funds and that program work cannot be checked against anything on this site.