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To authorize the President to treat as stocks of the United States any weapon or materiel seized by the United States while in transit from the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Houthis in the Republic of Yemen.
Summary
This bill authorizes the President to treat weapons and military equipment seized by the United States while in transit from Iran to Houthi forces in Yemen as stocks belonging to the United States. It amends the Foreign Assistance Act to allow the President to provide these seized weapons and materials to foreign partners through existing drawdown authorities. The President would be required to submit a report to Congress within 180 days of enactment and annually thereafter that documents how many times this authority was used, what weapons and materials were seized and treated as U.S. stocks, and what weapons and materials were provided to foreign partners. The reports would be submitted to the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees in both the Senate and House of Representatives.
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Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Josh Gottheimer’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- BLACKSTONE $116,700
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $71,500
- KKR & CO INC. $50,600
- CENTERVIEW PARTNERS $25,000
- FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP $23,200
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Actions (2)
- Sep 30, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
- Sep 30, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 30, 2025
Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. Shreve, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. McCormick, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To authorize the President to treat as stocks of the United States any weapon or materiel seized by the United States while in transit from the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Houthis in the Republic of Yemen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Seized Iranian Arms Transfer Authorization Act of 2025” or the “SEIZE Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. DISPOSITION OF WEAPONS AND MATERIEL IN TRANSIT FROM IRAN TO HOUTHIS IN YEMEN.
(a) Disposition of Weapons and Materiel.—The President may treat as stocks of the United States any weapon or materiel seized by the United States while in transit from the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Houthis in the Republic of Yemen.
(b) Drawdown Authority.—Section 506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(4) In addition to amounts otherwise specified in this section, the President may direct the drawdown of weapons and materiel treated as stocks of the United States, seized pursuant to section 2(a) of the Seized Iranian Arms Transfer Authorization Act of 2025, to be provided to foreign partners.”.
(c) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that includes the following:
(1) The number of times the President exercised the authority under subsection (a).
(2) An inventory of the weapons and materiel treated as United States stocks pursuant to such authority.
(3) An inventory of the weapons and materiel provided to foreign partners pursuant to the authority provided in paragraph (4) of section 506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)).
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. <all>
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