# 119-hr-6736: ARMAS Act of 2025 119-hr-6736, ARMAS Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-08). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6736 - As of: 2026-10-08 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-6736 - Congress: 119 - Title: ARMAS Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-12-16 - Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX) - Cosponsors: 32 - Policy area: International Affairs - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-10-08 ## Summary **Transfers control of specified munitions exports from the Department of Commerce to the Department of State.** This bill would centralize licensing, tighten checks and monitoring for reclassified weapons, and require new reporting and data sharing focused on countries in the Americas. ## Cosponsors (32) - Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] (D-CA), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (D-TX), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2026-01-06T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-02-23T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2026-02-23T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2026-05-14T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - More gun tracing and data sharing: benefit, medium. If enacted, within 180 days after a covered country is named, the State Department would assess how that country's law enforcement shares forensic information on trafficked firearms. While a country is designated, State would work to improve sharing of serial numbers and other origin identifiers an… - Plan to stop firearms trafficking: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce would jointly submit an interagency strategy to disrupt U.S. firearms trafficking to covered countries by January 1 of the year after enactment. The strategy would set objectives, performance measures with baselines and timelines, est… - Caribbean program adds gun measures: benefit, low. If enacted, the State Department would update the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative results framework to include specific firearms-trafficking indicators. This change would shift how the program tracks and reports progress on weapons trafficking in the Caribbean. - New export rules for munitions exporters: cost, low. If enacted, this bill would require the Department of Commerce to transfer export control of certain previously covered munitions to the Department of State within one year. After the transfer, the Secretary of State could not return jurisdiction to Commerce. The bill would also bar Commerce from p… - More countries face tighter weapons rules: mixed, high. If enacted, the Secretary of State would have 180 days to designate covered countries in North America, South America, or the Caribbean that are not NATO members and meet other criteria. The Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad an… - Exporters face end-use checks and waits: mixed, medium. If enacted, this bill would make the State Department set up a registration and end-use monitoring program for covered munitions before transfers to governments of covered countries. The program would require serial-number registration, records of origin, shipping, and distribution, and prohibit re… ## Related bills - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-hr-15: Equality Act - 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 - 119-hr-2763: American Family Act - 119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act ## Sources - [119-hr-6736 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6736) ## Related - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51) - [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15) - [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589) - [119-hr-2763: American Family Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2763) - [119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-17) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6736 (as of 2026-10-08).