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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2505 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2025 
Mr. KEATING (for himself and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To require the development of strategies and options to pre-
vent 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 Representa-
tives 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: 
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(1) The Iranian regime has provided financial 
and material support, including the provision of un-
manned aircraft systems, to United States adver-
saries, including terrorist organizations such as 
Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Palestinian Is-
lamic 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 incor-
porated 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 Com-
merce, and the Department of the Treasury issued 
a joint advisory to alert persons and businesses glob-
ally to the threat of Iran’s unmanned aircraft sys-
tems and the need to take appropriate steps to avoid 
or prevent any activities that would support the fur-
ther development of Iran’s unmanned aircraft pro-
gram. 
(4) In recent years the United States enacted 
sanctions targeting— 
(A) the unmanned aircraft industry and 
missile industry of Iran; 
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(B) entities, individuals, and vessels that 
played a central role in facilitating and financ-
ing the clandestine sale of Iranian unmanned 
aerial vehicles; and 
(C) entities associated with the Iranian de-
fense ministry’s procurement of critical compo-
nents for missiles and drones. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) controlling the end use of dual use tech-
nology and highly ubiquitous parts thereof in the 
global market is difficult for manufacturers and gov-
ernment 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 infrastruc-
ture 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, particu-
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larly in the case of unmanned aircraft systems pro-
duced by Iran. 
SEC. 4. STRATEGIES TO PREVENT EXPORT TO IRAN OF 
CERTAIN TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO UN-
MANNED 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 oper-
ational 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 ele-
ments: 
(A) A process for the Secretary of Com-
merce (in coordination with the Secretaries and 
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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 sub-
paragraph (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 con-
gressional 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 unclassi-
fied report. 
(b) DEPARTMENT OF STATE STRATEGY.— 
(1) STRATEGY
REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
State (in coordination with the Secretary of Com-
merce, 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 de-
sign, development, production, or operational em-
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ployment 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 ele-
ments: 
(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 synchro-
nizing the export control regime of such ally or 
partner with the United States export controls 
developed by the Secretary of Commerce pursu-
ant 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 congres-
sional committees the strategy under paragraph (1). 
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(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 unclassi-
fied 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 tech-
nologies 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. 
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(F) Computer Aided Design (CAD) soft-
ware. 
(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 congres-
sional committees a briefing on the options devel-
oped under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the following: 
(A) The Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
(B) The Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate. 
(2) UNMANNED
AIRCRAFT; UNMANNED
AIR-
CRAFT
SYSTEM.—The terms ‘‘unmanned aircraft’’ 
and ‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ have the meanings 
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given those terms in section 130i of title 10, United 
States Code. 
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