House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SEIZE Act of 2025
Official title: 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Josh Gottheimer D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5623.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 160, September 30, 2025, Page H4509):Artciel 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5623, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5623
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 10, 2026
- 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.
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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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 7100 (119th) Sikh American Anti-Discrimination Act of 2026
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Related bills
- S. 2296 (119th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Related bill
- S. 2642 (119th) SEIZE ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.