John Deere, Garmin, and Philips may have undermined military right to repair
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By Emma Roth
Published on March 24, 2026.
Lobbying Disclosure Act reports reveal that companies such as John Deere, Garmin, Philips, and many others have spent millions of dollars on lobbying efforts related to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This comes after Congress removed widely supported military right-to-repair provisions from the annual defense policy bill last year. The NDAA included language from Sens. Elizabeth Warren’s Warrior Right to Repair Act, which would provide all branches of the military with the information they needed to repair and maintain their equipment. However, lawmakers removed this provision and a contractor-backed alternative that would implement a "data-as-a-worldly" model for access to repair materials.
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