A coalition of accountability groups, including the Project On Government Oversight, U.S. PIRG, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and the Chamberlain Network issued the following statement:

We applaud the Senate Armed Services Committee for including a provision in its annual defense policy bill that would give service members greater ability to repair their equipment. This is a crucial step toward improved military readiness, service member safety, and fiscal responsibility.

We urge the House Armed Services Committee to follow suit and include a right-to-repair provision in its version of the National Defense Authorization Act.

As it stands now, private contractors often control the data and tools needed to repair weapons and equipment when they break down in the field. Service members must then rely on those contractors or their authorized representatives to fix things. Sometimes, that means significant delays or inflated prices.

Reversing this trend and instead giving the military the information and tools needed to fix equipment will go a long way toward improving safety, bolstering military readiness, and saving taxpayer dollars.

The House Armed Services Committee should prioritize right-to-repair provisions and help ensure that they will ultimately become the law of the land.

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