HR 4215
Passed a chamber
Requires the State Department to set fixed deadlines of 45 to 60 days for deciding license applications to export defense articles and defense services.
Official title: International Traffic in Arms Regulations Licensing Reform Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
27-JUN-2025
Referred
27-JUN-2025
Approved by committee
22-JUL-2025
Passed
02-SEP-2025
Senate
Received
03-SEP-2025
- Directs the Secretary of State to create and update annually a list of countries and end-users that receive expedited review of export license applications, based on national security needs.
- Requires a rulemaking that sets 45-day decisions for listed countries and end-users and 60-day decisions for all other applications, with deadlines paused during certain congressional review periods and Defense Department technology security reviews.
- Requires semi-annual reports to the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees identifying applications that missed their deadlines, with the recipients, prior exports, reasons for delay, and expected decision timelines.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (27-JUN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 02-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Foreign Affairs Committee (House)
- Foreign Relations Committee (Senate)
International Affairs
■ 6 R
6 Republicans