House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
International Traffic in Arms Regulations Licensing Reform Act
Official title: To require the Secretary of State to promulgate expedited and fixed timelines for the decision-making process to license the export of certain defense articles and defense services, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 2025
- Committee actionJul 22, 2025
- Passed HouseSep 2, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 3, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4215.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BAUMGARTNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 111, June 27, 2025, Page H3033):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4215, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4215
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sheri Biggs (R-SC), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Richard McCormick (R-GA), James Moylan (R-GU), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.