Onshore defense production, close Buy America loopholes, replenish stockpiles
Mandate pushes replenishing Ukraine-depleted stocks, multiyear procurements, prioritizing domestic/allied Build America requirements, reviewing onshoring sectors, and growing small vendors—closing overseas manufacturing loopholes.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 4 (Department of Defense) — Strengthen defense industrial base: replenish ammunition/equipment stockpiles; multiyear procurements and block buys; prioritize U.S. and allies under Build America domestic end product/components requirements and close overseas loopholes; review/expand onshoring priority sectors; help small businesses scale with durable commercial demand.
Undo plan
1) Balance Buy America with allied co-production needed for surge capacity.
2) Fund stockpile replenishment through appropriations transparently scored.
3) Avoid protectionism that raises costs without resilience gains; use targeted industrial-base analysis.
4) Expand workforce and permitting support for defense suppliers.
5) Verify: DPA Title III and stockpile inventory metrics; supplier concentration indices.
Sources
- https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
- https://archive.org/stream/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL_djvu.txt
- https://whatisproject2025.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-04.pdf
- https://whatisproject2025.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2025_MandateForLeadership_SECTION-02.pdf