119-hr2505

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2505 Engrossed in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2505

_______________________________________________________________________

 AN ACT

 To require the development of strategies and options to prevent the 
 export to Iran of certain technologies related to unmanned aircraft 
 systems, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Block the Use of Transatlantic 
Technology in Iranian Made Drones Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) The Iranian regime has provided financial and material 
 support, including the provision of unmanned aircraft systems, 
 to United States adversaries, including terrorist organizations 
 such as Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Palestinian Islamic 
 Jihad, and the Russian Federation as a part of its illegal war 
 of aggression against Ukraine.

    (2) In 2022, the United States established an interagency 
 task force to investigate how United States and Western-made 
 technology has been incorporated into unmanned aircraft systems 
 produced by Iran and take appropriate steps in response.

    (3) On June 9, 2023, the Department of State, the 
 Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce, and the 
 Department of the Treasury issued a joint advisory to alert 
 persons and businesses globally to the threat of Iran's 
 unmanned aircraft systems and the need to take appropriate 
 steps to avoid or prevent any activities that would support the 
 further development of Iran's unmanned aircraft program.

    (4) In recent years the United States enacted sanctions 
 targeting--
        (A) the unmanned aircraft industry and missile 
 industry of Iran;
        (B) entities, individuals, and vessels that played 
 a central role in facilitating and financing the 
 clandestine sale of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles; 
 and
            (C) entities associated with the Iranian defense 
 ministry's procurement of critical components for 
 missiles and drones.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

 It is the sense of Congress that--

    (1) controlling the end use of dual use technology and 
 highly ubiquitous parts thereof in the global market is 
 difficult for manufacturers and government regulators alike;

    (2) Iranian-made unmanned aircraft systems play a key role 
 in the Russian Federation's illegal war of aggression against 
 Ukraine, including attacks on civilian population centers and 
 critical infrastructure such as power plants and ports; and

    (3) the United States, along with the allies and partners 
 of the United States, must ensure that technology designed or 
 produced by United States or using certain United States 
 software, technology, or production equipment, is not used to 
 support the Russian Federation's war of aggression against 
 Ukraine or used by Hamas to attack Israel, particularly in the 
 case of unmanned aircraft systems produced by Iran.

SEC. 4. STRATEGIES TO PREVENT EXPORT TO IRAN OF CERTAIN TECHNOLOGIES 
 RELATED TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

    (a) Department of Commerce Strategy.--

    (1) Strategy required.--The Secretary of Commerce (in 
 consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
 Defense, and the Director of National Intelligence) shall 
 develop a strategy to prevent the illegal export to Iran by 
 United States persons regarding technologies used or that may 
 be used in the design, development, production, or operational 
 employment of unmanned aircraft systems by Iran, including the 
 following microelectronics:
        (A) Microcontrollers.
        (B) Voltage regulators.
            (C) Digital signal controllers.
            (D) GPS modules.
        (E) Microprocessors.

    (2) Elements.--The strategy under paragraph

    (1) shall 
 include, at a minimum, the following elements:
        (A) A process for the Secretary of Commerce (in 
 coordination with the Secretaries and heads specified 
 in paragraph

    (1) ) to proactively identify--
            (i) current and emerging technologies used 
 or that may be used by Iran in the design, 
 development, production, or operational 
 employment of unmanned aircraft systems 
 (including critical components thereof);
            (ii) United States manufacturers of such 
 technologies; and
            (iii) foreign manufacturers and 
 proliferators of such technologies.
        (B) A process for the Secretary of Commerce (in 
 coordination with the Secretaries and heads specified 
 in paragraph

    (1) ) to proactively identify third-party 
 distributors and resellers of the technologies 
 specified in subparagraph
        (A)
            (i) that, through the use 
 of intermediaries with no or nominal operations or 
 assets, or through other mechanisms, contrive to 
 circumvent export controls for such items with respect 
 to Iran.
            (C) A methodology for the Secretary of Commerce to 
 proactively engage the United States manufacturers 
 identified pursuant to the process under subparagraph
        (A)
            (ii) , to provide such manufacturers with timely 
 updates to the list of third-party distributors and 
 resellers identified pursuant to the process under 
 subparagraph
        (B) .

    (3) Submission.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
 submit to the appropriate congressional committees the strategy 
 under paragraph

    (1) .

    (4) Form.--The report required by subsection

    (a)

    (1) shall 
 be submitted in unclassified form, but portions of the report 
 described in paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) may contain a classified 
 annex, so long as such annex is provided separately from the 
 unclassified report.

    (b) Department of State Strategy.--

    (1) Strategy required.--The Secretary of State (in 
 coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 
 Defense, and the Director of National Intelligence) shall 
 develop a strategy to prevent the export to Iran of 
 technologies from the United States and allied and partner 
 countries which are used, or may be used, by Iran in the 
 design, development, production, or operational employment of 
 unmanned aircraft systems (including the microelectronics 
 listed in subparagraphs
        (A) through
        (F) of subsection

    (a)

    (1) ).

    (2) Elements.--The strategy under paragraph

    (1) shall 
 include, at a minimum, the following elements:
        (A) A process for the Secretary of State (in 
 consultation with the relevant Secretaries and heads 
 specified in paragraph

    (1) ) to proactively identify 
 foreign manufacturers of the technologies referred to 
 in such paragraph.
        (B) A process for the Secretary of State to engage 
 with any ally or partner of the United States regarding 
 technologies which have been incorporated into an 
 unmanned aircraft system produced by Iran, for the 
 purpose of synchronizing the export control regime of 
 such ally or partner with the United States export 
 controls developed by the Secretary of Commerce 
 pursuant to the strategy under subsection

    (a) with 
 respect to such technology.

    (3) Submission.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
 to the appropriate congressional committees the strategy under 
 paragraph

    (1) .

    (4) Form.--The report required by subsection

    (b)

    (1) shall 
 be submitted in unclassified form, but portions of the report 
 described in paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) may contain a classified 
 annex, so long as such annex is provided separately from the 
 unclassified report.
            (c) Requirement for Secretary of Defense To Develop Range of 
Options.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense (in 
 coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of 
 National Intelligence) shall develop a range of options that 
 may be employed by the Armed Forces of the United States to 
 counter or otherwise deny Iran the ability to acquire 
 technologies used, or that may be used, in the design, 
 development, production, or operational employment of unmanned 
 aircraft systems by Iran, including the following technologies:
        (A) Microcontrollers.
        (B) Voltage regulators.
            (C) Digital signal controllers.
            (D) GPS modules.
        (E) Microprocessors.
        (F) Computer Aided Design

    (CAD) software.
        (G) Computer numerical control machines.

    (2) Briefing.--Not later than 45 days after the date of the 
 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
 to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the 
 options developed under paragraph

    (1) .

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
 ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the following:
        (A) The Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
 on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee 
 on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
        (B) The Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Banking, 
 Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Permanent Select 
 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

    (2) Unmanned aircraft; unmanned aircraft system.--The terms 
 ``unmanned aircraft'' and ``unmanned aircraft system'' have the 
 meanings given those terms in 

section 130i of title 10, United 
 States Code.

 Passed the House of Representatives September 2, 2025.

 Attest:

 Clerk.
119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 2505

_______________________________________________________________________

 AN ACT

 To require the development of strategies and options to prevent the 
 export to Iran of certain technologies related to unmanned aircraft 
 systems, and for other purposes.