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Allows the President to treat weapons and other materiel seized while en route from Iran to the Houthis in Yemen as U.S. government stock and to transfer those seized items from U.S. inventories to foreign partners. Requires the President to report inventories and the use of this authority to specific congressional committees within 180 days of enactment and then annually.
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.
Section 506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)) is amended by adding a new paragraph (4) that authorizes the President to direct the drawdown of weapons and materiel that have been treated as U.S. stocks under this section, so those items may be provided to foreign partners.
The President must submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress not later than 180 days after enactment and annually thereafter. The report must include: (1) the number of times the President used the authority in subsection (a); (2) an inventory of weapons and materiel treated as U.S. stocks under that authority; and (3) an inventory of weapons and materiel provided to foreign partners under the new paragraph (4) of section 506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Defines the term “appropriate committees of Congress” for this section as: (A) the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; and (B) the House Committee on Armed Services and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Primary effects fall on federal national security and defense actors and on U.S. partners who might receive transferred materiel. The Department of Defense and other agencies that manage seized materiel will need to inventory, track, and manage transfers under this new authority and prepare the required reports. U.S. allies and partners could receive additional equipment without new appropriations, speeding support in some cases. Congress gains a regular reporting stream on inventories and transfers, which provides oversight but does not require prior approval for each transfer. There are potential diplomatic and legal considerations: transferring Iranian-origin materiel to partners could carry political or reputational risk, require additional vetting to avoid unintended end uses, and intersect with existing export-control and sanctions rules. The law does not appropriate funds or impose mandates on state or local governments.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced August 1, 2025 by Theodore Paul Budd · Last progress August 1, 2025
SEIZE Act of 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate