Sponsored By: Senator Ted Budd
Introduced
Treats seized Iranian-origin weapons bound for Yemen's Houthis as U.S. stocks and lets the President transfer them to partners. It would add a new drawdown authority under Section 506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and require regular reporting to Congress.
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If enacted, the President could treat weapons and materiel seized while in transit from Iran to the Houthis in Yemen as stocks of the United States. The President could order those seized items to be drawn down and provided to foreign partners under a new drawdown authority added to section 506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act. The rule would apply only to items seized while in transit from Iran to the Houthis. The President would have to report to Congress within 180 days and then every year to the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees and the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committee on how often the authority was used and inventories of items held and transferred.
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Ted Budd
NC • R
Mark Kelly
AZ • D
Sponsored 8/1/2025
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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