On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, NAEDA released an email detailing the House Armed Services Committee's markup session for the NDAA. The House Armed Services Committee held a markup session for the NDAA and passed it out of committee on a 55-2 vote.
"We are pleased to report that the bill, HR 3838, did not contain an amendment with Right to Repair language and NAEDA will return to neutral on the legislation. Thank you to all the dealers who contacted their representatives to keep the misguided Right to Repair language from being included in the legislation and from establishing a dangerous precedent at the federal level."
The Senate also released its version of the NDAA, S. 2296, this week with updated language. NAEDA met with Sen. Tim Sheehy's office to discuss his amendment. We were informed that the provisions in the Warrior's Right to Repair Act he co-sponsored were going to be significantly altered in the final senate version of the bill, and they were.
The new language contained in Section 836 of S.2296 does not contain parts at cost provisions and does not mandate unfettered access to intellectual property. The new provisions are much more nuanced and apply to "covered defense equipment" which is more geared towards weapons systems, not commercially available items. The provisions are ambiguous, but are focused on access and availability of parts, tools, documentation and diagnostics for equipment that is contracted to be purchased by the Secretary of Defense. We do not view the updated language as problematic for dealers.
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