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H.R. 2505119th CongressInternational Affairs
Block the Use of Transatlantic Technology in Iranian Made Drones Act
Sponsored by Rep. William R. Keating (D-MA) · 7 active : 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate5 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJun 8, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govBlock the Use of Transatlantic Technology in Iranian Made Drones Act
This bill requires the Departments of Commerce, State, and Defense to develop plans to prevent Iran from acquiring certain technologies related to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones.
Specifically, the bill requires Commerce to develop a strategy to prevent the illegal export to Iran of certain technologies (including microcontrollers, voltage regulators, and microprocessors) that can be used in the development and operation of UAS.
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The State Department must develop a strategy to prevent the export of these technologies to Iran from the United States and allied and partner countries.
Finally, the Department of Defense must develop a range of options that may be employed by the U.S. Armed Forces to counter or deny the ability of Iran to acquire these technologies and other technologies useful for UAS, such as computer-aided design (CAD) software and computer numerical control (CNC) machines.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Armed Services · HouseReferred to
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs · HouseMarkup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Aviation and airports
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Iran
- Manufacturing
- Middle East
- Research and development
- Retail and wholesale trades
- Sanctions
- Trade restrictions
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 5Swing 70–100
- 83Middle 30–70
- 12Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
7 activeShow all 7 cosponsors
- Joe Wilson (R-SC-2)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
- Nick LaLota (R-NY-1)
- Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3)
- Brad Sherman (D-CA-32)
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
