HR 2505
Passed a chamber
Requires the Commerce, State, and Defense Departments to develop strategies and military options for blocking the export to Iran of microelectronics and other technologies used in Iranian drones.
Official title: Block the Use of Transatlantic Technology in Iranian Made Drones Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
31-MAR-2025
Referred
31-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
22-JUL-2025
Passed
08-JUN-2026
Senate
Received
09-JUN-2026
- Directs Commerce to identify U.S. manufacturers, foreign suppliers, and distributors that route drone parts to Iran through intermediaries, and to send the strategy to Congress within 60 days of enactment
- Directs State to identify foreign manufacturers of these technologies and to coordinate allied export controls with U.S. rules, with a strategy due within 90 days of enactment
- Requires the Defense Department to develop options for denying Iran these technologies, including CAD software and computer numerical control machines, and to brief Congress within 45 days of enactment
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (31-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 08-JUN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Armed Services Committee (House)
- Foreign Affairs Committee (House)
- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee (Senate)
International Affairs
■ 5 R■ 2 D
5 Republicans
2 Democrats