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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 as United States stocks any weapons or materiel seized while in transit from Iran to the Houthis in Yemen. The bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to allow the President to provide these seized weapons and materiel to foreign partners through the drawdown authority mechanism. The bill requires the President to submit reports to Congress within 180 days of enactment and annually thereafter detailing how many times this authority was used, an inventory of seized weapons treated as U.S. stocks, and an inventory of weapons provided to foreign partners.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
Actions (2)
- Aug 1, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · senate
- Aug 1, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 1, 2025
Mr. Budd (for himself and Mr. Kelly) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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”.
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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