(File Photo of Congressman Chris Deluzio)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) According to a release from Congressman Chris Deluzio’s office, today, House Armed Services Committee members Congressmen Chris Deluzio (D‑PA‑17) and James Moylan (R-Guam) re‑introduced the Best Price for Our Military Act of 2025. This bipartisan bill is designed both to fight against defense contractor price gouging and to protect funds for the public. The language in this bill got included in the version of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act. This act is also awaiting consideration by the full House of Representatives. This bill that is updated builds on the original bill from Deluzio and Moylan introduced in 2024, which tried to close a major loophole in the Truth in Negotiations Act by making a requirement for defense contractors to submit cost that is certified and data for pricing before final contract negotiations. According to that same release from Deluzio’s office, some of the key provisions of the Best Price of Our Military Act of 2025 include: tightening the Truth in Negotiations Act, closing the loophole that allows contractors to submit data after contract price is agreed upon, and reinforcing the requirement that transparent cost information be provided quickly to give the Department of Defense negotiation leverage. The Best Price of Our Military Act of 2025 and the version of it in 2025 includes an adjustment of timing to make sure that data for pricing that is submitted is not more than 30 days old. This bill is part of the ongoing efforts by Deluzio to both grow real competition and to fight price gauging across the defense industrial base.