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H.R. 5623

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 5623, the SEIZE Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Sep 30, 2025 by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D) with 5 co-sponsors. It was referred to Foreign Affairs, and last saw action on Sep 30, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Record

Text

H.R. 5623 has 5 co-sponsors.

hb5623/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 5623 IH: Seized Iranian Arms Transfer Authorization Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-30
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5623  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 30, 2025   Mr. Gottheimer  (for himself,  Mr. Shreve ,  Mr. Moskowitz ,  Mr. McCormick , and  Ms. Wasserman Schultz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Foreign Affairs    A BILL
To authorize the President to 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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Seized Iranian Arms Transfer Authorization Act of 2025   or the   SEIZE Act of 2025  .
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.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-09-30
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To authorize the President to 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.

Sponsors

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D) sponsors H.R. 5623, and 5 members have co-sponsored it, 4 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 5623 went before 1 committee: Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs
Referred To · Sep 30, 2025 · 658 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5623 has taken 2 actions since Sep 30, 2025.

ChamberAction
Sep 30, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Sep 30, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.Foreign Affairs Committee

Votes

H.R. 5623 has not gone to a roll call.

2 bills are related to H.R. 5623.

Titles

H.R. 5623 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • SEIZE Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • SEIZE Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Seized Iranian Arms Transfer Authorization Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To authorize the President to 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 7 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5623 in 2 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Banking, Defense, Education, Foreign Relations, Homeland Security, Science/Technology, Trade (domestic/foreign).

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
FDD ACTION—District of Columbia12—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
FDD ACTION12—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ALEXANDRIA PAOLOZZI MOORE112
CONNOR PFEIFFER112
DANIEL VAYNSHTEYN112
MATTHEW REID ZWEIG112
NICHOLAS STEWART112
TYLER STAPLETON112
ZACHARY JUTCOVICH112

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
FDD ACTIONFDD ACTION2025 fourth_quarter$300K4th Quarter - Amendme…
FDD ACTIONFDD ACTION2025 fourth_quarter$290K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5623 under International Affairs, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5623’s is International Affairs.

hr5623/policy-areas.txt
International AffairsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5623, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 160 (Tuesday, September 30, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOTTHEIMER:H.R. 5623.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Artciel 1, Section 8[Page H4509]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com