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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 4822

Introduced

FORKS Made in America Permanency Act of 2025

Sponsor
RClaudia Tenney· New York
Introduced
July 29, 2025
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.July 29, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4822 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4822

To make permanent the inclusion of stainless steel flatware and 
dinnerware in the requirement of the Secretary of Defense to buy 
certain items from American sources.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 29, 2025

Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services

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A BILL

To make permanent the inclusion of stainless steel flatware and 
dinnerware in the requirement of the Secretary of Defense to buy 
certain items from American sources.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Ordinance Requiring 
Kitchenware Specifically Made in America Permanency Act of 2025'' or 
the ``FORKS Made in America Permanency Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF SUNSET PROVISION.

Section 842 of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 
118-159; 10 U.S.C. 4862 note) is amended by striking subsection (c).
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