Bill ties military aid to how well foreign militaries follow rules.
H.R. 9782 — Security Sector Governance Compacts Act · Filed by Sara Jacobs (D-CA) · Introduced Jul 20, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The State Department and Defense Department must create a scorecard. The scorecard ranks foreign militaries based on corruption, civilian control, human rights, and political interference. Countries get ranked into four tiers. The worst-ranked countries can only get training and help. The best-ranked countries can get weapons and advanced military help. The bill creates money and multi-year agreements. These help mid-tier countries improve their governance and move up.
Who it affects
Foreign militaries and security forces get ranked and receive different amounts of U.S. military aid based on their ranking. U.S. defense and state agencies must create and update the ranking system. Congress gets reports on how countries are ranked.
One thing to notice
The Secretary of State and Defense can override the tier system for countries called strategically important partners. NATO members and U.S. treaty allies are exempt from the ranking system for five years.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jul 20, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 20, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Armed Services and House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- tier — A rank or level. Countries are sorted into four tiers based on how well their militaries follow rules.
- civilian control — When elected leaders and regular people have power over the military, not the other way around.
- scorecard — A tool that measures and ranks foreign militaries based on corruption, human rights, and political interference.
- strategically important partners — Countries the U.S. government considers vital to its national security and interests.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (24,091 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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