SEIZE Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The SEIZE Act of 2025 creates a disposition pathway for interdicted Iranian arms shipments to the Houthis in Yemen. Weapons or materiel seized by the United States while in transit from Iran to the Houthis may be treated as stocks of the United States. The bill amends section 506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act so the President may direct drawdown of those seized stocks to foreign partners in addition to other drawdown amounts. Within 180 days and annually thereafter, the President must report to the armed services and foreign relations or foreign affairs committees on the number of times the authority was used, the inventory treated as U.S. stocks, and the inventory provided to foreign partners.
Who Benefits and How
Foreign partners receiving security assistance benefit because seized Iranian-origin weapons and materiel can be drawn down to them. U.S. interdiction operations benefit from a clear legal pathway for using seized Iran-to-Houthi materiel. Congressional armed services committees benefit from annual inventories and use reports. Foreign affairs committees benefit from oversight of drawdowns using seized weapons and materiel.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The President must track use of the authority and submit 180-day and annual reports. Defense Department logistics staff must inventory seized materiel treated as U.S. stocks and transfers to foreign partners. Iranian arms networks face greater risk that interdicted shipments will be repurposed for U.S. partners. Houthi forces lose access to weapons and materiel seized while in transit from Iran.
Key Provisions
- Provides that seized weapons and materiel in transit from Iran to the Houthis may be treated as U.S. stocks.
- Authorizes presidential drawdown of those seized stocks to foreign partners.
- Requires reports within 180 days and annually thereafter on authority use, inventories, and transfers.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Allows the President to treat weapons and materiel seized by the United States while in transit from Iran to the Houthis in Yemen as U.S. stocks, authorizes drawdown of those seized stocks to foreign partners, and requires 180-day and annual reports to armed services and foreign affairs committees.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Affairs, Defense, Yemen
Primary Purpose
Allows the President to treat weapons and materiel seized by the United States while in transit from Iran to the Houthis in Yemen as U.S. stocks, authorizes drawdown of those seized stocks to foreign partners, and requires 180-day and annual reports to armed services and foreign affairs committees.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Foreign partners receiving security assistance
- U.S. interdiction operations
- Congressional armed services committees
- Foreign affairs committees
Identified Costs
- President of the United States
- Defense Department logistics staff
- Iranian arms networks
- Houthi forces
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. Shreve, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. McCormick, …
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Defense Department logistics staff, U.S. interdiction operations
Positive-direction: U.S. interdiction operations
Negative-direction: Defense Department logistics staff
Foreign partners receiving security assistance
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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