H.R. 5623House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

SEIZE Act of 2025

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The SEIZE Act of 2025 lets the President treat weapons and other materiel intercepted on the way from Iran to Yemen’s Houthi rebels as U.S. government stock. This enables the government to keep, manage, or give those items to allied foreign partners. The law also requires regular reporting to Congress on how often the authority is used and what equipment is involved.

Key Provisions

The President can declare any weapons or related material seized while being shipped from Iran to the Houthi forces in Yemen as property of the United States.
Those seized items can be counted as U.S. stockpiles and the President may authorize their transfer (drawdown) to U.S. foreign partners under the Foreign Assistance Act.
The President must report to the Armed Services and Foreign Relations/Foreign Affairs committees within 180 days of the law’s enactment and then each year, detailing how many times the authority was used and providing inventories of the seized items and any that were given to partners.

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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Affairs Committee

September 30, 2025

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Introduced in House

September 30, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Affairs Committee

September 30, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued September 30, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 5623

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.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Seized Iranian Arms Transfer Authorization Act of 2025 or the SEIZE Act of 2025.

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.