# 119-s-3508: ARMAS Act of 2025 119-s-3508, ARMAS Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3508 - As of: 2026-04-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-3508 - Congress: 119 - Title: ARMAS Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-12-16 - Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT) - Cosponsors: 5 - Policy area: International Affairs - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-04-21 ## Summary **Move regulatory control of specified munitions from the Department of Commerce to the Department of State.** This bill would consolidate export authority for certain items listed on the United States Munitions List (USML) and the Commerce Control List (CCL) and add stricter licensing, tracking, and end‑use checks to stop U.S.-origin firearms from fueling violence in Mexico and parts of the Caribbean and Central America. - Exporters and manufacturers would face new certification, registration, and end‑use monitoring rules for covered munitions, with the transfer to State required within one year and a one‑year national security waiver window for some transfers. - U.S. agencies and law enforcement would need to share forensic and tracing data, use the INVEST database and eTrace tracing, and produce a joint report within 180 days plus an interagency strategy with performance measures and resource estimates. - Designated partner countries and local investigators would be subject to enhanced forensic assessments, capacity building, and expanded tracing and reporting requirements, with annual export and license reports to Congress starting within one year. ## Cosponsors (5) - Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Better forensic tracing and eTrace: benefit, medium. If enacted, State and the ATF would expand forensic tracing and the ATF eTrace program in covered countries. Within 180 days after each country is designated, State would assess that country's ability to share forensic firearm data and report to congressional committees. ATF would make eTrace avail… - New reports and interagency strategy: benefit, medium. If enacted, State, with Commerce, DOJ, ATF, DHS, and others, would report to Congress within 180 days on efforts to stop illegal exports and trafficking. Within one year, State and Commerce would deliver a joint interagency strategy with goals, timelines, performance measures, and resource estimate… - Add firearms indicators to CBI: benefit, low. If enacted, State would update the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative results framework to add specific indicators on firearms trafficking. This would aim to improve how the program measures and reports progress on firearms-related work. - Move export rules to State: cost, medium. If enacted, Commerce would have to transfer export control of certain munitions to the State Department within one year. After the transfer, Commerce would not be allowed to take back control. Commerce would also be barred from promoting those items before, on, or after the transfer. Exporters of a… - New pre‑grant license checks: cost, medium. If enacted, State would have to send Congress a written certification listing the applicant, recipient, country, item description, and value before approving licenses for certain previously covered items. For NATO allies and specified partners the certification would be due at least 15 days before… - Designate covered countries list: mixed, high. If enacted, State would have to designate covered countries in the Americas within 180 days. The Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago would be treated as designated on enactment for five years. State could end a designa… - Stricter end‑use checks and rules: mixed, high. If enacted, State would not be allowed to transfer covered munitions to covered countries or their residents until it certifies a program is in place. The program would require serial number registration, origin and shipping records, and routine end-use monitoring. State would review INVEST vetting… ## Related bills - 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act - 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026 - 119-s-1503: Equality Act - 119-s-3448: Keeping All Students Safe Act - 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-s-3508 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3508) ## Related - [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869) - [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51) - [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108) - [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503) - [119-s-3448: Keeping All Students Safe Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3448) - [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3508 (as of 2026-04-21).