House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
ARMS Act
Official title: To amend the Arms Export Control Act to modify the authorities relating to the Special Defense Acquisition Fund.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Aderholt R-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4481.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ADERHOLT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 123, July 17, 2025, Page H3476):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4481, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4481
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 1, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 1, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 729 (119th) Expressing support for and honoring September 17, 2025, as "Constitution Day".
- H.Res. 855 (119th) Expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.