H.R. 8197

[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repealed.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2026 (Public Law 119-60; 50 U.S.C. 3373 note) is repealed.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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