[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8197 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8197
To terminate the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office of the Department
of Defense, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 6, 2026
Mr. Burchett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence, 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 concerned
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A BILL
To terminate the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office of the Department
of Defense, 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. TERMINATION OF ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE.
(a) Termination.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall--
(A) terminate the All-domain Anomaly Resolution
Office; and
(B) transfer the functions of the Office to other
elements of the Department of Defense as the Secretary
determines appropriate.
(2) Prohibition.--The Secretary may not establish within
the Department of Defense, and the Director of National
Intelligence may not establish within the Office of the
Director of National Intelligence, a single office or other
entity similar to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office that
exercises comprehensive or centralized authority over matters
relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena.
(3) Repeal.--Section 1683 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373) is
repealed.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Accounting of security classification guides.--Section
1673 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2026 (Public Law 119-60; 50 U.S.C. 3373 note) is repealed.
(2) Records.--Section 1673 of the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (50 U.S.C.
3373b) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ``acting through
the head of the Office and'' each place it appears; and
(B) in subsection (b)(3)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the
Office'' and inserting ``the Secretary''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``The
head of the Office'' and inserting ``The
Secretary''; and
(C) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (6).
(3) National archives.--Section 1842(c) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-
31; 44 U.S.C. 2107 note) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``, including the
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office,'' each place it
appears; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the All-domain
Anomaly Resolution Office'' and inserting ``the
Secretary of Defense''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``transmedium objects or devices'' means
objects or devices that are--
(A) observed to transition between space and the
atmosphere, or between the atmosphere and bodies of
water; and
(B) not immediately identifiable.
(2) The term ``unidentified anomalous phenomena'' means--
(A) airborne objects that are not immediately
identifiable;
(B) transmedium objects or devices; and
(C) submerged objects or devices that are not
immediately identifiable and that display behavior or
performance characteristics suggesting that the objects
or devices may be related to the objects described in
subparagraph (A).
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