New rules would guide U.S. military aid to other countries.
This bill would create a system to rate how well other countries manage their security forces, like their military and police. This rating would then decide what kind of U.S. security assistance they can get. It also sets up special agreements to help some countries improve their governance over time.
Today, there is no standardized "Security Sector Governance Index" or a tiered ranking system for U.S. security partner countries. Security assistance is provided under existing laws without a direct, comprehensive link to a formal governance assessment. If this bill becomes law, the U.S. would create an index to rate partner countries' security governance and rank them into four tiers. This ranking would directly control the types of U.S. security assistance each country can receive, and new multi-year agreements would be available to help some countries improve.
HR 9782 · 119th Congress · July 20, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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