S. 2642Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

SEIZE Act

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The SEIZE Act lets the President treat weapons or other military material intercepted on the way from Iran to the Houthi rebels in Yemen as U.S. government stock. By doing so, the seized items can be added to U.S. inventories and, if needed, supplied to foreign partners. The bill also adds a new provision to the Foreign Assistance Act to allow such transfers and requires regular reporting to Congress on the use of this authority. It mainly affects the President, the Department of Defense, and U.S. allies who might receive the equipment.

Key Provisions

The President can declare any weapons or equipment seized while being shipped from Iran to Yemen’s Houthi forces as property of the United States.
These seized items can be counted as U.S. stockpiles and may be transferred to U.S. allies under the existing foreign assistance drawdown rules.
The President must report to the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees every six months, detailing how often the authority was used, what was seized, and what was given to partners.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Foreign Relations Committee

August 1, 2025

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Introduced in SenateIssued August 1, 2025

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2642

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.

Short title

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

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.