119th (2025–2027)
H.R. 9782
This bill establishes a governance-based ranking system for determining what types of U.S. security assistance foreign partner countries can receive. The State Department and Defense Department must assess each partner country's governance quality and place them into one of four tiers within 90 days, with annual updates thereafter. Countries in the lowest tier (Tier One) can only receive training and humanitarian programs, while those in higher tiers gain access to progressively broader assistance including lethal equipment, military exchanges, and defense cooperation at the highest tier. The Secretary of State can waive these restrictions for strategically important partners with congressional notification, though waivers expire after five years unless Congress takes action to extend them. This system applies to all forms of U.S. security aid, arms transfers, and military cooperation activities authorized by federal law.