119-S2642
SEIZE Act
Last action was on 8-1-2025
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2642
1. Short title2. Disposition of weapons and materiel in transit from Iran to Houthis in Yemen1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the "Seized Iranian Arms Transfer Authorization Act of 2025" or the "SEIZE Act".
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.